Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 172 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
"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.
- general
- steel helmet
- allies
- world war ii
- normandy
- france
- dead soldier
- tank
- biography
- historical figure
- d-day
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- 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
- 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
- Directed
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Written
- Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 1,249 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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