Burt Lancaster and Richard Crenna star in On Wings Of Eagles, a gripping television miniseries of author Ken Follett's bestselling book. In 1978, when two American executives are arrested and held captive in Iran, magnate H. Ross Perot (Crenna) employs adaring new strategy to secure their rescue. Assembling a team led by retired Colonel Arthur D. Simons (Lancaster), Perot launches a bold campaign to extract his captured employeesbut will his unsanctioned operation result in the safe return of its targets, or in disaster?