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| Once An Eagle | |
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| Directed by | Richard Michaels E.W. Swackhamer |
| Screenplay by | Peter S. Fischer |
| Story by | Anton Myrer |
| Produced by | Peter S. Fischer |
| Starring | Sam Elliott Cliff Potts Darleen Carr Amy Irving Glenn Ford |
| Cinematography | J.J. Jones |
| Edited by | Howard Deane John Elias Chuck McClelland |
| Music by | Dana Kaproff |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | MCA TV |
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Running time | 540 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television miniseries 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.