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L'aigle et le vautour

Original title: Once an Eagle
  • TV Mini Series
  • 1976–1977
  • 9h
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
536
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L'aigle et le vautour (1976)
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A story of the professional and private lives of two Army officers, Court Massengale an incompetent schemer who doesn't care about his men, and Sam Damon, a heroic and caring leader from Wor... Read allA story of the professional and private lives of two Army officers, Court Massengale an incompetent schemer who doesn't care about his men, and Sam Damon, a heroic and caring leader from World War I to the end of World War II.A story of the professional and private lives of two Army officers, Court Massengale an incompetent schemer who doesn't care about his men, and Sam Damon, a heroic and caring leader from World War I to the end of World War II.

  • Stars
    • Sam Elliott
    • Cliff Potts
    • Darleen Carr
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    536
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Sam Elliott
      • Cliff Potts
      • Darleen Carr
    • 44User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 nominations total

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    Sam Elliott
    Sam Elliott
    • Sam Damon
    • 1976–1977
    Cliff Potts
    Cliff Potts
    • Courtenay Massengale
    • 1976–1977
    Darleen Carr
    Darleen Carr
    • Tommy Caldwell
    • 1976–1977
    Amy Irving
    Amy Irving
    • Emily Pawlfrey Massengale
    • 1976–1977
    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • George Caldwell
    • 1976–1977
    Robert Hogan
    Robert Hogan
    • Ben Krisler
    • 1976–1977
    Lynda Day George
    Lynda Day George
    • Marge Krisler
    • 1976–1977
    Clu Gulager
    Clu Gulager
    • Alvin Merrick
    • 1976–1977
    Kario Salem
    Kario Salem
    • Joe Brand
    • 1976–1977
    Andrew Stevens
    Andrew Stevens
    • Donny Damon
    • 1976–1977
    Kip Niven
    Kip Niven
    • Ryetower
    • 1976–1977
    Melanie Griffith
    Melanie Griffith
    • Jinny Massengale
    • 1976–1977
    Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan
    • Gen. McKelvey
    • 1976–1977
    Bert Kramer
    Bert Kramer
    • 1976–1977
    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Capt. Townshend
    • 1976
    Forrest Tucker
    Forrest Tucker
    • Col. Avery
    • 1976
    Kim Hunter
    Kim Hunter
    • Kitty Damon
    • 1976
    David Wayne
    David Wayne
    • Col. Terwilliger
    • 1976
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews44

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    8btraven

    Still remember it so well after 27 years

    Shown in UK as part of best sellers series along with Captains and the Kings. Couldn't wait for each new part of the mini series still remember it after 27 years so it must have been good. Why doesn't someone show this series again?
    10jeswartz

    AWESOME!!!

    This miniseries is the mystery of the ages. It rightfully enjoys one of the highest ratings--if not the very highest reviewer rating on record--of any product on film, yet for some inexplicable reason nobody has managed to release it commercially for a quarter century. Does anyone know why? A new generation of viewers never have seen this masterpiece, and to compare it to inferior products as The Winds of War led by the ever sleepy Robert Mitchum is like making an analogy of Lawrence of Arabia to Ishtar.

    The cast was incredibly deep for television and included early roles for such actors as Melanie Griffith and Amy Irving and late ones for the likes of Ralph Bellamy and Glenn Ford. And at center stage was the steady work of Sam Elliott, who seemed tailor made for his interpretation of Anton Myror's straight arrow soldier Sam Damon. Truly, it ranks with his John Buford character in Gettysburg as among his best roles.

    If anyone knows any way to locate a dub of even a part of this epic please email me. I have been trying to use it for a course on leadership that I teach at a California university. This drama, for our purposes, ranks above such acclaimed films as Hoosiers, Twelve O'Clock High, and Wall Street for lessons to be learned. A must see for anybody who can--and the number seems to be near zero today. What a tragedy.
    10overthemoon-2

    Fabulous Series----One of the first Mini-Series released!

    This series was really great. The cast was wonderful and acting superb! I'm surprised it hasn't already been released! I agree with the comment made by the other fan that this mini-series is better than the "Winds of War." It is better!!

    This was filmed back in the '70s when the T.V. mini-series first came about and is one of the reasons that mini-series are still popular. To the "powers that be"----please release this to DVD so that those of us who have seen this series can be entertained again. Those who have yet to see it have a nice surprise awaiting them!! Thanks!
    Varlaam

    Better than "The Winds of War"

    That's the way I remember this mini-series anyway, although it's been ages, and it was never rerun, was it?

    Sam Elliott was the star. Cliff Potts was the villain. Darleen Carr was the one everyone had a crush on.

    I stumbled on this title in the database by accident. What are the chances of seeing it again, I wonder? About as good as assembling a cast this well-rounded again, I reckon.
    charlesemery

    The first mini-series I can remember seeing

    Quite possibly my favorite movie/mini-series. I can remember watching it in the dorm room at the University of Michigan my Freshman year. Later, after I had enlisted in the Army and been accepted to West Point, I purchased the book and read it several times. Later the book became required reading at the Military Academy (though I'm not sure to what effect). The Point wanted its cadets to become more like the character of Sam Damon and less like Cortney Masengale. I do wish that ABC (or NBC, I can't remember the network) would bring the series back or offer it in a DVD set for those of us who are rabid fans. The entire series was well filmed, well acted, and the interpretation of the novel was very accurate. It was sort of a shame that they couldn't finish the mini-series the same way the book ended, but that would have taken another couple of weeks and Vietnam was still a raw nerve.

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    • Trivia
      The novel on which this mini-series is based is used in leadership classes at West Point, the Army War College, and in the U.S. Marine Corps.
    • Goofs
      In the World War One scenes (set in 1918), the German soldiers are shown wearing the 1914-style uniforms with spiked helmets, which were phased out in 1916.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: John Davidson/Richard Pryor/Darleen Carr/Dr. Michael Fox (1976)

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 1977 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Once an Eagle
    • Filming locations
      • Little Europe, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(France)
    • Production company
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      9 hours
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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