Order of the Black Eagle (film) explained
Order of the Black Eagle |
Director: | Leonard Worth Keeter III |
Producer: | Robert P. Eaton Betty J. Stephens |
Screenplay: | Phil Behrens |
Story: | Robert P. Eaton |
Starring: | Ian Hunter Charles K. Bibby William T. Hicks Anna Rapagna Jill Donnellan Shangtai Tuan Gene Scherer Wolfgang Linkman |
Music: | Dee Barton |
Cinematography: | Irl Dixon |
Editing: | Matthew Mallinson |
Studio: | Polo Players Ltd. |
Distributor: | International Film Market |
Runtime: | 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
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
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
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
- Editor — Matthew Ernest Mallinson
- Assistant Editor — Lewis Andrew Schoenbrun
- Music — Dee Barton, original score composer and conductor
External links
Notes and References
- 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
- Charles P. Mitchell, The Hitler filmography: Worldwide Feature Film and Television Miniseries Portrayals, 1940 through 2000, Charles P. Mitchell, McFarland & Company (2002)