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Once an Eagle

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.

1976 |1 Season  | 60m |  Drama

Cast

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Sam Elliott

Sam Damon

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Darleen Carr

Tommy Caldwell

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Glenn Ford

George Caldwell

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Ralph Bellamy

Ed Caldwell

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Dane Clark

Harry Sheppard

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Andrew Duggan

Gen. McKelvey

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John Saxon

Capt. Townshend

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Cliff Potts

Courtenay Massengale

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Amy Irving

Emily Pawlfrey Massengale

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Lynda Day George

Marge Krisler

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Kim Hunter

Kitty Damon

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Forrest Tucker

Col. Avery

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Clu Gulager

Alvin Merrick

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James Cromwell

J.L. Cleghorne

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Juliet Mills

Joyce

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David Wayne

Col. Terwilliger

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Anthony Zerbe

David Shifkin

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Phyllis Thaxter

Alma Caldwell

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Ron Masak

Maynard Lambert

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William Windom

Gen. Duke Pulleyne

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Kent Smith

Gen. Jacklyn

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Albert Salmi

Senator Bert McConnadin

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Barry Sullivan

Gen. Bannerman

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Melanie Griffith

Jinny Massengale

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Robert Hogan

Ben Krisler

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Kario Salem

Joe Brand

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Kip Niven

Ryetower

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David Huddleston

Earl Preis

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Jane Merrow

Hallie Burns

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Jane Elliott

Cheryl Logan

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Andrew Robinson

Reb Reyburne

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Harriet Nelson

Harriet Nelson

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James Shigeta

Lin Tso-Han

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Patti D'Arbanville

Michele

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Shelley Morrison

Bordello Madam

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Ben Piazza

Capt. Jerome

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George Wyner

Dr. McCabe

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Hayden Rorke

Paul Sinclair

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Marc McClure

Red

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Clint Ritchie

1st M.P.

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Randall Carver

Lee McConnadin

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

NBC