Once an Eagle
02/12/1976
Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television mini-series directed by Richard Michaels and E.W. Swackhamer. The picture was written by Peter S. Fischer and based on the 1968 Anton Myrer novel of the same name. The first and last installments of the seven-part series were each two-hour broadcasts, while the interim episodes were 60 minutes. The mini-series concerns the thirty year careers of two military men, from the outbreak of World War I to the aftermath of World War II.
TV Show Information
Sam Elliott
as Sam Damon
Darleen Carr
as Tommy Caldwell
Glenn Ford
as George Caldwell
Ralph Bellamy
as Ed Caldwell
Dane Clark
as Harry Sheppard
Andrew Duggan
as Gen. McKelvey
John Saxon
as Capt. Townshend
Cliff Potts
as Courtenay Massengale
Amy Irving
as Emily Pawlfrey Massengale
Lynda Day George
as Marge Krisler
Kim Hunter
as Kitty Damon
Forrest Tucker
as Col. Avery
Clu Gulager
as Alvin Merrick
James Cromwell
as J.L. Cleghorne
Juliet Mills
as Joyce
David Wayne
as Col. Terwilliger
Anthony Zerbe
as David Shifkin
Phyllis Thaxter
as Alma Caldwell
Ron Masak
as Maynard Lambert
William Windom
as Gen. Duke Pulleyne
Kent Smith
as Gen. Jacklyn
Albert Salmi
as Senator Bert McConnadin
Barry Sullivan
as Gen. Bannerman
Melanie Griffith
as Jinny Massengale
Robert Hogan
as Ben Krisler
Kario Salem
as Joe Brand
Andrew Stevens
as Donny Damon
Kip Niven
as Ryetower
David Huddleston
as Earl Preis
Jane Merrow
as Hallie Burns
Jane Elliott
as Cheryl Logan
Andrew Robinson
as Reb Reyburne
Harriet Nelson
as Harriet Nelson
James Shigeta
as Lin Tso-Han
Patti D'Arbanville
as Michele
Shelley Morrison
as Bordello Madam
Ben Piazza
as Capt. Jerome
George Wyner
as Dr. McCabe
Hayden Rorke
as Paul Sinclair
Marc McClure
as Red
Clint Ritchie
as 1st M.P.
Randall Carver
as Lee McConnadin
