On Wings of Eagles (1986– )

When executives from an important Texas Corporation are taken hostage during the Iranian Revolution, magnate Ross Perot launches a special unit for their rescue.

Stars:

Burt Lancaster, Richard Crenna, Paul Le Mat

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Burt Lancaster	...	Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons (2 episodes, 1986)
Richard Crenna	...	H. Ross Perot (2 episodes, 1986)
Paul Le Mat	...	Jay Coburn (2 episodes, 1986)
Jim Metzler	...	Bill Gaylord (2 episodes, 1986)
James Sutorius	...	Joe Poche (2 episodes, 1986)
Louis Giambalvo	...	Paul Chiapparone (2 episodes, 1986)
Robert Wightman	...	Keane Taylor (2 episodes, 1986)
William Bumiller	...	Rich Gallagher (2 episodes, 1986)
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Pat Scully (2 episodes, 1986)
Lawrence Pressman	...	Bill Gayden (2 episodes, 1986)
Alan Fudge	...	Merv Stauffer (2 episodes, 1986)
John Doolittle	...	Glen Jackson (2 episodes, 1986)
Karen Carlson	...	Ruth Chiapparone (2 episodes, 1986)
Diane Salinger	...	Emily Gaylord (2 episodes, 1986)
Bob Delegall	...	Ron Davis (2 episodes, 1986)
Patrick Collins	...	John Howell (2 episodes, 1986)
Martin Doyle	...	Jim Schwebach (2 episodes, 1986)
Constance Towers	...	Margot Perot (2 episodes, 1986)
Esai Morales	...	Rashid (2 episodes, 1986)

Storyline

As the Ayatollah Khomeini takes over Iran, two executives of the Texas based Electronic Data System's (EDS) are arrested in Tehran and held for $13,000,000 ransom. H. Ross Perot, the company head, tries diplomatic approaches to get his executives released. When that fails, he hires a retired Army Colonel to head up a rescue mission.

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Plot Keywords:

ransom | hostage | iranian revolution | magnate | cat | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Persian

Release Date:

18 May 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Auf den Schwingen des Adlers

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edgar J. Scherick Associates, TAFT Entertainment Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

300 min 241 min (video) 300 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

This movie kicks ass

Burt Lancaster is awesome in this movie. It's a classic and I recommend it to all who like movies based on real life. I think that the best line in the movie is when Burt Lancaster says: Now this is how we're gonna do it."

I hope they have this at Blockbuster. I haven't seen this movie in 8 years.