Iron Eagle

About Iron Eagle

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.

Sidney J. Furie's Iron Eagle is a 1986 action film. Its themes are desert, military, airplane, and rescue.

Louis Gossett Jr. takes the lead as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair, Jason Gedrick as Doug Masters, David Suchet as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh, and Tim Thomerson as Col. Ted Masters. It runs 117 minutes and was released in January 1986.

The screenplay is by Kevin Alyn Elders and Sidney J. Furie. Produced by Delphi Films. In the United States it streams on YouTube TV.

Iron Eagle on the Attack, Pearl Harbor, and Seven Days in May make useful companions to Iron Eagle, all filed under aerial combat, air force base, and colonel. TMDB voters put it at 5.6 out of 10 across 355 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.