Patton
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 Story.
Plot
General George S. Patton addresses an unseen audience of American troops, emphasizing the importance Americans place upon victorious role models as well as his own demands that his men defeat the enemy by working and fighting as a team.
Awards
Cast
- Carey Loftin
- David Bauer
- David Healy
- Douglas Wilmer
- Edward Binns
- Frank Latimore
- George C. Scott
- Gerald Flood
- Harry Morgan
- Harry Towb
- Hellmut Lange
- Jack Gwillim
- James Edwards
- John Barrie
- John Doucette
- Karl Malden
- Karl-Michael Vogler
- Lawrence Dobkin
- Michael Bates
- Michael Strong
- Morgan Paull
- Paul Frees
- Paul Stevens
- Peter Barkworth
- Richard Münch
- Siegfried Rauch
- Stephen Young
- Tim Considine