A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.
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Sidney J. Furie
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Col. Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | |
| Jason Gedrick | ... | Doug Masters | |
| David Suchet | ... | Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh | |
| Larry B. Scott | ... | Reggie | |
| Caroline Lagerfelt | ... | Elizabeth Masters | |
| Jerry Levine | ... | Tony | |
| Robbie Rist | ... | Milo Bazen | |
| Michael Bowen | ... | Knotcher | |
| Robert Jayne | ... | Matthew 'Matt' Masters (as Bobby Jacoby) | |
| Melora Hardin | ... | Katie | |
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David Greenlee | ... | Kingsley |
| Michael Alldredge | ... | Col. Blackburn | |
| Lance LeGault | ... | General Edwards (as Lance Le Gault) | |
| Tim Thomerson | ... | Col. Ted Masters | |
| Tom Fridley | ... | Brillo | |
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When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base. Their only problems: Borrowing two fighters, getting them from California to the Mediteranean without anyone noticing, and Doug's inability to hit anything unless he has music playing. Then come the minor problems of the state's air defenses. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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EnglishRelease Date:
17 January 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$6,104,754, 19 January 1986Gross USA:
$24,159,872Company Credits
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During "The Snake Scene" in which Doug Masters races his Cessna 150 against a motorcycle-riding Knotcher, the pilot of the Cessna 150 Aerobat was renowned aerobatic pilot Art Scholl, who was killed later that year when his Pitts S-2 camera plane crashed while filming in-cockpit footage for the flat spin sequence in Top Gun (1986). See more »Goofs
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Col. Nakesh: Give the American his final meal. After tomorrow, he will not have much of an appetite.See more »
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I love Iron Eagle. It's heavily slated as a "Top Gun rip-off" but in truth it certainly is not that.
Sure, Iron Eagle doesn't have the babes or the budget that Top Gun had, but who cares? It's still a fantastic fun movie to watch, no matter how unrealistic it is.
Lou Goussett Jr, Jason Gredick and David Suchet all put on blinding performances. The chemistry between Lou and Jason is great, believeable at times.
Iron Eagle in my honest opinion is better than Top Gun, many say it isn't but I think it is...it certainly has the better action scenes and a cool thumping soundtrack.
More of a "lads" movie, probably the pinnacle of an 80's nostalgic film.
Legendary, if underrated. Move over Top Gun.
8/10