''Order of the Black Eagle'' (aka ''Black Eagle'') is an American action

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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

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, and the surrounding area.

Plot

Duncan Jax, played by Ian Hunter, must stop neo-Nazis from destroying communication satellites and awakening Hitler from a

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. Jax assembles a band of the dirtiest fighters in the world to do it.Charles P. Mitchell, ''The Hitler filmography: Worldwide Feature Film and Television Miniseries Portrayals, 1940 through 2000,'' Charles P. Mitchell,

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(2002)

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 *

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— 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

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— Matthew Ernest Mallinson *

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— Lewis Andrew Schoenbrun * Music —

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, original score composer and conductor

References

External links

Plot and review by ''Brian vs. Movies'' (blog)

* Library reference — * {{DEFAULTSORT:Order of the Black Eagle (film), The 1987 films 1980s spy action films American spy action films Ninja films Films shot in North Carolina Films shot in South Carolina Films about suspended animation Films about Nazis Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler American sequel films Films directed by Worth Keeter 1980s English-language films 1980s American films