The Steagle is a 1971 English-language Comedy movie written by Irvin Faust and Paul Sylbert. The movie is directed by Paul Sylbert and produced by Jim Di Gangi. In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city. The steagle features Richard Benjamin, Chill Wills, Cloris Leachman, Jean Allison, Suzanne Charny, Ivor Francis and Jay Dee Witney. The music was composed by Fred Myrow. Cinematography was done by Burnett Guffey and editing by Thomas Stanford. The movie has a running time of 87 minutes. It was released on 14th September 1971. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by AVCO Embassy Pictures.