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  • Once an Eagle Part 3 (Season 1, Episode 3)
  • TV Episode | 50 min | Drama, War

Once an Eagle

Part 3 (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 50 min | Drama, War

"Tommy" Damon gives birth to a boy, Donny, at the Army base in Kansas where Sam's military career seems to have stalled. Meanwhile Emily Massengale seeks from other men the satisfaction she can't find with her husband. She becomes pregnant...See more"Tommy" Damon gives birth to a boy, Donny, at the Army base in Kansas where Sam's military career seems to have stalled. Meanwhile Emily Massengale seeks from other men the satisfaction she can't find with her husband. She becomes pregnant by a married taxi driver and, distraught, tries suicide by overdosing on pills at a cheap motel. Rushed to an emergency room, she and the unborn child are saved. Emily now wants to divorce Courtenay but he threatens to expose her adulterous past. Reluctantly she gives in and Courtenay says they will raise the child as their own. "Tommy" and Sam, now stationed in Texas, have child problems of their own. She insists that Donny be kept away from things military lest he too becomes a soldier. Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis See less
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Director
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Howard Deane (as Howard S. Deane)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 16, 1976

Release date
Dec 16, 1976 (United States)

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27 cast members
Name Known for
Sam Elliott
Sam Damon Sam Damon   See fewer
Cliff Potts
Courtenay Massengale Courtenay Massengale   See fewer
Darleen Carr
Tommy Caldwell Tommy Caldwell   See fewer
Amy Irving
Emily Pawlfrey Massengale Emily Pawlfrey Massengale   See fewer
Glenn Ford
George Caldwell George Caldwell   See fewer
Dane Clark
Harry Sheppard Harry Sheppard   See fewer
James Cromwell
J.L. Cleghorne J.L. Cleghorne   See fewer
Lynda Day George
Marge Krisler Marge Krisler   See fewer
Robert Hogan
Ben Krisler Ben Krisler   See fewer
Ron Masak
Maynard Lambert Maynard Lambert   See fewer
Harriet Nelson
Harriet Nelson Harriet Nelson   See fewer
John Saxon
Capt. Townshend Capt. Townshend   See fewer
Forrest Tucker
Col. Avery Col. Avery   See fewer
David Wayne
Col. Terwilliger Col. Terwilliger   See fewer
George Wyner
Dr. McCabe Dr. McCabe   See fewer
Cathey Paine
Mae Lee Cleghorne Mae Lee Cleghorne   See fewer
Sari Price
Actress Actress   See fewer
Jean Holloway
Actress Actress   See fewer
Cicely Walper
Actress Actress   See fewer
Wes Parker
Actor Actor   See fewer
Bob Harks
Hospital Visitor (uncredited) Hospital Visitor (uncredited)   See fewer
James Rosin
Soldier No.2 (uncredited) Soldier No.2 (uncredited)   See fewer
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