Once an eagle

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The Resource Once an eagle

Statement of responsibility: NBC Universal, Inc. ; directed by E.W. Swackhamer, Richard Michaels ; written for television by Peter S. Fischer ; produced by Peter S. Fischer ; executive producer, William Sackheim ; Universal City Studios, Inc. ; produced in association with Crescendo Productions, Inc

Summary: The epic story of America in the 20th century, told through the lives of two career soldiers, spanning both World Wars. Sam Damon is a courageous and compassionate man who finds his calling leading his men in war and in peacetime. Courtney Massengale, on the other hand, is a ruthless achiever who will let nothing stand in his way to the top. In the late days of World War I, Damon and Massengale become friends, but as events unfold, the vast difference in their personalities leads to a face-off in a life and death struggle of good and evil

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Credits note: Director of photography, J.J. Jones ; music score, Dana Kaproff ; Best Sellers theme, Elmer Bernstein ; art director, William Campbell, Lou Montejano ; film editor, Chuck McClelland, Howard S. Deane, John Elias ; set decorations, Ed Baer ; costume designer, Charles Waldo

PerformerNote: Sam Elliott, Cliff Potts, Darleen Carr, Amy Irving, Glenn Ford, Ralph Bellamy, Dane Clark, Andrew Duggan, Lynda Day George, Gary Grimes, Clu Gulager, Robert Hogan, David Huddleston, Kim Hunter, Juliet Mills, Harriet Nelson, Albert Salmi, John Saxon, James Shigeta, Barry Sullivan, Phyllis Thaxter, Forrest Tucker, David Wayne, William Windom, Anthony Zerbe

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