Patton

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-04-02

Languages:

English, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

172 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

(71912 Reviews)

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Genres:

Biography Drama War

Cast:

George C. Scott Karl Malden Stephen Young Michael Strong

Writer:

Francis Ford Coppola (screen story and screenplay)

Edmund H. North (screen story and screenplay)

Ladislas Farago (based on factual material from Patton: Ordeal and Triumph)

Omar N. Bradley (based on factual material from: A Soldier's Story)

Fullplot:

"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 Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany.

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