The Steagle (1971)

Directed by

Paul Sylbert

Genre

road movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a man undergoes a sudden personality change and embarks on a road trip across America. It follows his unconventional adventures driven by the national panic.

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What happens

The Steagle is a 1971 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Irvin Faust. The film was directed by Paul Sylbert and starred Richard Benjamin. The film concerns the personality change which overcomes the protagonist during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), and the film's title implicitly references the transient nature of the Steagles NFL team, existing for only the 1943 season during a national crisis. Paul Sylbert wrote a 1974 book, Final Cut, about his mostly unhappy experiences making the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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