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On Wings of Eagles 

| Drama | TV Mini-Series (1986)
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When executives from an important Texas Corporation are taken hostage during the Iranian Revolution, magnate Ross Perot launches a special unit for their rescue.

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Series cast summary:
...  Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons 2 episodes, 1986
...  H. Ross Perot 2 episodes, 1986
...  Jay Coburn 2 episodes, 1986
...  Bill Gaylord 2 episodes, 1986
...  Joe Poche 2 episodes, 1986
...  Paul Chiapparone 2 episodes, 1986
...  Keane Taylor 2 episodes, 1986
...  Rich Gallagher 2 episodes, 1986
...  Pat Scully 2 episodes, 1986
...  Bill Gayden 2 episodes, 1986
...  Merv Stauffer 2 episodes, 1986
...  Glen Jackson 2 episodes, 1986
...  Ruth Chiapparone 2 episodes, 1986
...  Emily Gaylord 2 episodes, 1986
Bob Delegall ...  Ron Davis 2 episodes, 1986
...  John Howell 2 episodes, 1986
...  Jim Schwebach 2 episodes, 1986
...  Margot Perot 2 episodes, 1986
...  Rashid 2 episodes, 1986
Zevi Wolmark ...  Ted Maxwell 2 episodes, 1986
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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. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

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This movie kicks ass
27 December 2003 | by – See all my reviews

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.
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