George C. Scott
Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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- Karl MaldenGeneral Omar N. Bradley
- Michael BatesField Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
- Edward BinnsMaj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
- Larry DobkinColonel Gaston Bell
- Carey LoftinGen. Bradley
- John DoucetteMajor General Lucian K. Truscott
Albert DumortierMoroccan Minister- James EdwardsSergeant William G. Meeks
- Frank LatimoreLieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport
Richard MünchCol. Gen. Alfred Jodl- Morgan PaullCaptain Richard N. Jenson
Apr 2, 1970 · Patton: Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. With George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong. The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
- (106K)
- Biography, Drama, War
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1970-04-02
Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II.It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley, and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and Bradley's memoir, A Soldier's ...
- $12.6 million
- Frank McCarthy
Mar 17, 2002 · Franklin J. Schaffner's "Patton" (1970), released at the height of the unpopular war in Vietnam, was described by many reviewers at the time as "really" an anti-war film. It was nothing of the kind. It was a hard-line glorification of the military ethic, personified by a man whose flaws and eccentricities marginalized him in peacetime, but ...
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- The Film's Senior Military Adviser Hated Gen. Patton. Parts of the plot of "Patton" were taken from Gen. Omar Bradley's World War II memoir, "A Soldier's Story," and 20th Century Fox hired Bradley to serve as the film's senior technical adviser.
- Patton's Opening Speech Was a Real Speech. Mostly, anyway. The speech in the beginning of the movie was a recreation of one Patton really gave to the Third Army many times, and all without any notes.
- There's Real War Footage in the Movie. Look closely to catch it, but there's real war footage shot by U.S. Army combat cameramen throughout the movie.
- George C. Scott Was Almost the Last Choice for Patton. Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Lee Marvin, Rod Steiger and even Ronald Reagan, all of them turned down the title role.
General George S. Patton was a larger than life character as well as one of the finest field commanders during World War 2. George C. Scott's portrayal of this complex man is extraordinary in a film as much about war as it about men whose responsibility is to lead other men into harm's way.
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- Cmdr_Straker
Patton (1970) -- (Movie Clip) I'm My Favoite General North Africa, 1943, the American general (George C. Scott, title character) finds his new aide (Paul Stevens) most satisfactory, and helpful in his pitch to Brit commanders Tedder (Gerald Flood) and Alexander (Jack Gwillim), in director Franklin Schaffner's bio-pic Patton, 1970.
Actor: Patton. George C. Scott was an immensely talented actor, a star of the big screen, stage and television. He was born on October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, to Helena Agnes (Slemp) and George Dewey Scott. At the age of eight, his mother died, and his father, an executive at Buick, raised him. In 1945, he joined the United States Marines ...
