Order of the Black Eagle (film)
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Directed by | Leonard Worth Keeter III |
Screenplay by | Phil Behrens |
Story by | Robert P. Eaton |
Produced by | Robert P. Eaton Betty J. Stephens |
Starring | Ian Hunter Charles K. Bibby William T. Hicks Anna Rapagna Jill Donnellan Shangtai Tuan Gene Scherer Wolfgang Linkman |
Cinematography | Irl Dixon |
Edited by | Matthew Mallinson |
Music by | Dee Barton |
Production company | Polo Players Ltd. |
Distributed by | International Film Market |
Release dates |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Language | English |
Order of the Black Eagle (aka Black Eagle) is an American action B movie released in December 1987. The film is a sequel to Unmasking the Idol, a 1986 spy film by the same director (Keeter), story-writer (Eaton), and screenplay writer (Behrens). Leonard Worth Keeter III directed the film in Shelby, North Carolina, at Earl Owensby Studios, and the surrounding area.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Duncan Jax, played by Ian Hunter, must stop neo-Nazis from destroying communication satellites and awakening Hitler from a cryogenic sleep. Jax assembles a band of the dirtiest fighters in the world to do it.[3]
Cast
[edit]Interpol Spy Agency
- Ian Hunter — Duncan Jax, secret agent
- Charles King "Chuck" Bibby — Star, head of spy agency
- Jill Donnellan — Tiffany Youngblood, undercover agent, and Jax assistant
- Shangtai Tuan — Sato, secret agent gadget designer
Duncan Jax's mercenaries
- Anna Maria Rapagna – Maxie Ryder
- Joe Coltrane — Hammer
- James Eric — Jake, aka "Juice"
- Bill Gribble — cowboy
- Dean Whitworth — Bolt
- Terry James Loughlin — S.
- Typhoon — "Boon," the Baboon, Duncan's pet and sidekick
- Special appearance
- Flo Hyman — Spike, knife-wielding mercenary
Neo-Nazi group, "Order of the Black Eagle"
- William T. Hicks — millionaire Baron Ernst von Tepisch, leader of a neo-Nazi group
- Wolfgang Linkman — Colonel Wilhelm Stryker, Nazi security chief
Rest of cast
- Gene Scherer — Dr. Kurtz
- Stefan Krayk — Dr. George Brinkmann, Jr., laser scientist
- Tony Ellwood — Hitler (cameo appearance)
Post production
[edit]- Editor — Matthew Ernest Mallinson
- Assistant Editor — Lewis Andrew Schoenbrun
- Music — Dee Barton, original score composer and conductor
References
[edit]- ^ Jill Lanford, Spartanburg Area to Land a Role in the Movies, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, March 22, 1985, Sec. D, pg. 1
- ^ Connie Nelson (born 1959), Floyd Harris, Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina, pg. 345 OCLC 54462077 ISBN 0895872692 ISBN 9780895872692
- ^ Charles P. Mitchell, The Hitler filmography: Worldwide Feature Film and Television Miniseries Portrayals, 1940 through 2000, Charles P. Mitchell, McFarland & Company (2002) OCLC 49727608 ISBN 078641295X ISBN 9780786412952