''The Steagle'' is a 1971 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

based on the novel of the same name by

Irvin Faust Irvin Faust (June 11, 1924 – July 24, 2012) was an American author and educator. He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Morris and Pauline Faust and grew up in Queens, New York and attended the Queens College of the City of New York (now known as ...

. The film was directed by

Paul Sylbert Paul Sylbert (April 16, 1928 – November 19, 2016) was an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion. Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a dressmaker, Sylbert grew up in t ...

and starred

Richard Benjamin Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including ''Goodbye, Columbus'' (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; ''Catch-22'' (1970), fr ...

. The film concerns the personality change which overcomes the protagonist during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the film's title implicitly references the transient nature of the

Steagles The Steagles were the team created by the temporary merger of Pennsylvania's two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, during the 1943 season. The two franchises were compelled to field a sin ...

NFL team, existing for only one brief season during a national crisis. Paul Sylbert wrote a 1974 book, ''Final Cut'', about his mostly unhappy experiences making the film.

Plot

During the

Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) ( es, Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis () in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United S ...

, a professor decides to live out all of his dreams, travelling across the country and taking on a different persona in each city.

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* 1971 films 1971 comedy films 1970s comedy road movies American comedy road movies Films about the Cuban Missile Crisis Films set in 1962 Embassy Pictures films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub

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