Patton

• 7.507 War
• 1970-01-25
• 172 minutes mins

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

Starring:

George C. Scott (Gen. George S. Patton Jr.) Stephen Young (Capt. Chester B. Hansen) Frank Latimore (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport) Karl Michael Vogler (Field Marshal Erwin Rommel) Karl Malden (Gen. Omar N. Bradley) Michael Strong (Brig. Gen. Hobart Carver) Carey Loftin (General Bradley's driver) Lawrence Dobkin (Colonel Gaston Bell) Albert Dumortier (Moroccan minister) Morgan Paull (Captain Richard N. Jenson)

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer:

Francis Ford Coppola Edmund H. North