Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle

5.6IMDb Score
Released:1986-01-17
Genre:Action
Duration:117 min
Director:Sidney J. Furie
Actors:Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott
Production:TriStar Pictures, Delphi Films, Falcon's Flight

Overview:

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.

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