TV series · 1976
Once an Eagle
“DUTY. HONOR. COUNTRY.”
First aired 2 December 1976 Drama TMDB ↗
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.
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Ralph Bellamy
as Ed Caldwell
Glenn Ford
as George Caldwell
John Saxon
as Capt. Townshend
James Cromwell
as J.L. Cleghorne
Juliet Mills
as Joyce
Lynda Day George
as Marge Krisler
Darleen Carr
as Tommy Caldwell
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Kent Smith
as Gen. Jacklyn
Hayden Rorke
as Paul Sinclair
Dane Clark
as Harry Sheppard
Barry Sullivan
as Gen. Bannerman
Phyllis Thaxter
as Alma Caldwell
Forrest Tucker
as Col. Avery
Kim Hunter
as Kitty Damon
Andrew Duggan
as Gen. McKelvey
Clu Gulager
as Alvin Merrick
Albert Salmi
as Senator Bert McConnadin
Ben Piazza
as Capt. Jerome
Ron Masak
as Maynard Lambert
Shelley Morrison
as Bordello Madam
Cliff Potts
as Courtenay Massengale
Andrew Robinson
as Reb Reyburne
Sam Elliott
as Sam Damon
Jane Elliot
as Cheryl Logan
Patti D'Arbanville
as Michele
Amy Irving
as Emily Pawlfrey Massengale
Andrew Stevens
as Donny Damon
Melanie Griffith
as Jinny Massengale