there must have be some interesting conversation on the set of eagle wing and with martin sheen straight off apocalypse now co star with the actor he replace on coppola film and harvey keitel . a real unloved child of a movie and date back to the last major batch of western in 1979 80 and it be much revile at the time for be make by a british studio and director ( conveniently ignore the fact that many of the classic american western be direct by european émigrés ) and which seem a bit of an over reaction . the plot be simplicity itself and a martin sheen inexperienced trapper find himself fight with sam waterston nonosyllabic kiowa warrior over the possession of a beautiful white horse and the eagle wing and across a harsh and primitive landscape in a time before the legend begin . aside from caroline langrishe captive irish governess and the support cast have little to do ( stephane audran never even get to open her mouth ) and it be a little slow and but anthony harvey film do boast terrific scope photography from billy williams and a good score from marc wilkinson .