Order of the Black Eagle (film)

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 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]

Order of the Black Eagle
Directed byLeonard Worth Keeter III
Produced byRobert P. Eaton
Betty J. Stephens
Screenplay byPhil Behrens
Story byRobert P. Eaton
StarringIan Hunter
Charles K. Bibby
William T. Hicks
Anna Rapagna
Jill Donnellan
Shangtai Tuan
Gene Scherer
Wolfgang Linkman
Music byDee Barton
CinematographyIrl Dixon
Edited byMatthew Mallinson
Production
company
Polo Players Ltd.
Distributed byVHS — Celebrity Home Enterm, October 28, 1992
Release date
December 1987 (Shelby, North Carolina)
Running time
93 minutes
LanguageEnglish

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
  • 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

  • Editor — Matthew Ernest Mallinson
  • Assistant Editor — Lewis Andrew Schoenbrun
  • MusicDee Barton, original score composer and conductor

References

  1. Jill Lanford, Spartanburg Area to Land a Role in the Movies, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, March 22, 1985, Sec. D, pg. 1
  2. Connie Nelson (born 1959), Floyd Harris, Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina, pg. 345 OCLC 54462077 ISBN 0895872692 ISBN 9780895872692
  3. 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
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