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Patton

Name: Patton
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 1970-01-25
Duration: 172 min
Rating: 7.451

★ 7,5 /10 (1,232 Votes)

1970 EN 172 min

Overview

"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.

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Release date

25/01/1970

Votes

1,232

Popularity

4.9

The Rebel Warrior

Genres

War Drama History

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

172 min

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$89,800,000

George C. Scott

General George S. Patton Jr.

Karl Malden

General Omar N. Bradley

Stephen Young

Captain Chester B. Hansen

Michael Strong

Brigadier General Hobart Carver

Carey Loftin

General Bradley's Driver

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Albert Dumortier

Moroccan Minister

Frank Latimore

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport

Morgan Paull

Captain Richard N. Jenson

Karl Michael Vogler

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Bill Hickman

General Patton's Driver

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Pat Zurica

First Lieutenant Alexander Stiller

James Edwards

Sergeant William George Meeks

Lawrence Dobkin

Colonel Gaston Bell

David Bauer

Lieutenant General Harry Buford

John Barrie

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham

Richard Münch

Colonel General Alfred Jodl

Siegfried Rauch

Captain Oskar Steiger

Michael Bates

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

Paul Stevens

Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Codman

Gerald Flood

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder

Jack Gwillim

General Sir Harold Alexander

Edward Binns

Major General Walter Bedell Smith

Peter Barkworth

Colonel John Welkin

Lionel Murton

Third Army Chaplain

David Healy

Clergyman

Sandy McPeak

Correspondent

Douglas Wilmer

Major General Francis de Guingand

John Doucette

Major General Lucian K. Truscott

Tim Considine

Soldier Who Gets Slapped

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Abraxas Aaran

Willy

Clint Ritchie

Tank Captain

Alan MacNaughtan

British Briefing Officer

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Florencio Amarilla

Soldier (uncredited)

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Brandon Brady

Lieutenant Young (uncredited)

Charles Dennis

Soldier (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Voice (uncredited)

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Dolores Judson

Knutsford Welcome Club Dignitary (uncredited)

Hellmut Lange

Major Dorian von Haarenwege (uncredited)

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Bruce Rhodewalt

Cynical Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Lowell Thomas

Self - Movietone News Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Harry Towb

American GI Cook (uncredited)

Billy Kearns

Officer Callagher (uncredited)

Roger Browne

Soldier on Bridge (uncredited)

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Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brad Harris

Sergeant in Bar (uncredited)

Laurence Herder

Russian Translator (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Lax

Girl (uncredited)

Edward Meeks

Medical Corps Major (uncredited)

Dean Selmier

Soldier Sleeping on the Floor (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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I love it. God help me I do love it so. I love it more than my life. Patton is directed by Franklin J Schaffner and is adapted to screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North from Ladislas Farago's "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" and Omar N. Bradley's "A Soldier's Story". It stars George C Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Edward Binns, John Doucette, Stephen Young, Michael Strong and Cary Loftin. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp. Pic is a part biography of George S. Patton Jr. which follows his exploits in WWII until his retirement from servic…

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**A good film about one of the most controversial generals of the Second World War.** Patton is one of the most controversial generals of World War II. A man guided by his killer instinct rather than reason, he played a relevant role in the defeat of the Germans, but he also took conflicts that greatly tarnished his military record. A US cavalry officer, he fought in the First World War and is one of the biggest names in the development of tanks and armored cars, both at the level of conception and strategy, where he valued rapid movements and aggressiveness. In World War II, he led Operati…

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In many ways, I really do hope this biopic of the acclaimed American tank commander was exaggerated because at times George C. Scott's portrayal of George S. Patton shows a selfish, petulant and stroppy man that is really very easy to dislike. We start just before he gets his third star and the American forces are coming to terms with their first ever defeat in foreign battle - at the hands of Field Marshal Rommel in North Africa. He vows that will be the last time his army loses and so prevails upon his friend General Bradley (Karl Malden) - whom he now outranks, to get him onto Sicily. That …

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