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On Wings of Eagles is a 1986 American television miniseries starring Burt Lancaster and Richard Crenna, and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. It was adapted from Ken Follett's 1983 book of the same name.

Original Release

05/18/1986 on NBC

US Release

05/18/1986

Cast

Jim Metzler	Bill Gaylord
Esai Morales	Rashid
Burt Lancaster	Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
Richard Crenna	H. Ross Perot
Paul Le Mat	Jay Coburn
Alan Fudge	Merv Stauffer
Patrick Collins	John Howell
Lawrence Pressman	Bill Gayden
Cyril O'Reilly	Pat Scully
Karen Carlson	Ruth Chiapparone

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Part I	Sunday, 18 May 1986
2	Part II	Monday, 19 May 1986

Directors

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers

Sam Rolfe, Ken Follett

Cast

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