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Iron Eagle III

Iron Eagle III

Four heroes from the past fight as one to protect the future.

19924.11h 38m

Overview

Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.

Directed by John Glen
Written by Kevin Alyn Elders, Jo Napoleon, Sidney J. Furie
Produced by Stanley Neufeld, Ron Samuels
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Top Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Rachel McLish

Rachel McLish

Anna

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman

Kleiss

Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

Leichmann

Christopher Cazenove

Christopher Cazenove

Palmer

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Horikoshi

Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

Stockmann

Mitchell Ryan

Mitchell Ryan

Simms

Rob Estes

Rob Estes

Doyle

Ray Mancini

Ray Mancini

Chico

Themes & Keywords

dying and deathairplanepoisondrug addictionpilotu.s. air forcecolonelaerial combatexplosionbehind enemy linesmilitary

About Iron Eagle III

Iron Eagle III is a action, thriller film released in 1992 exploring themes of dying and death, airplane, poison, drug addiction, pilot, u.s. air force. Directed by John Glen, it stars Louis Gossett Jr., Rachel McLish, Paul Freeman. Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.

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