Patton

Patton

1970 | 2h 55m | Drama, War | TV-14

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Brief Synopsis

This biography of the tough World War II general won seven Academy Awards. George C. Scott won Best Actor for his performance as General George S. Patton, whose military genius helped lead the Allies to victory... but often rankled his superiors.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Franklin Schaffner

CAST

George C. Scott

Karl Malden

Michael Bates

Karl Vogler

Edward Binns

John Doucette

PRODUCERS

Frank McCarthy

WRITERS

Francis Ford Coppola

Edmund H. North

Ladislas Farago

Omar N. Bradley

Host Intros

01:40
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Patton (1970)
Intro Aired: Feb 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Patton, 1970.

Related Videos

03:59
Patton (1970) -- (Movie Clip) I'm My Favoite General
Clip
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.
02:58
Patton (1970) -- (Movie Clip) You Know Who The Poet Was?
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Fanciful scene from screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola, though the authorship of the poem is true (cribbed from Corinthians), George C. Scott (title character) brings colleague General Bradley (Karl Malden) to an ancient battlefield in Tunisia, in Patton, 1970.
03:52
Patton (1970) -- (Movie Clip) What Happened At Kasserine?
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Director Franklin Schaffner's staging of the arrival of the the general (George C. Scott, title character) in Tunisia, 1943, after a disastrous encounter with the Germans, largely as described in the autobiography of General Omar Bradley (Karl Malden), in the hit bio-pic Patton, 1970.
03:44
Patton (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Americans, Traditionally, Love To Fight
Clip
Based on no actual speech, assembled by screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola from quotes from the subject, George C. Scott in his Academy Award-winning title role, director Franklin Schaffner elected to make the famous monologue his opening, in Patton, 1970.
Patton - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
George C. Scott won a Best Actor Oscar for Patton (1970), the story of the colorful World War II general.

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