from 20th Century Fox
Directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring
George
C. Scott (Gen. George S. Patton Jr.)
Karl Malden (General Omar N. Bradley)
Michael Bates (Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery)
Stephen Young (Captain Chester B. Hansen)
Ed Binns (Major General Walter Bedell Smith)
Lawrence Dobkin (Colonel Gaston Bell)
John Doucette (Major General Lucian K. Truscott)
James Edwards (Sergeant William G. Meeks)
Frank Latimore (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport)
Richard Munch (Colonel General Alfred Jodl)
Morgan Paull (Captain Richard N. Jenson)
Siegfried Rauch (Captain Oskar Steiger)
Paul Stevens (Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Codman)
Michael Strong (Brigadier General Hobart Carver)
Karl Michael Vogler (Field Marshal Erwin Rommel)
Abraxas Aaran (Willy)
Peter Barkworth (John Welkin)
John Barrie (Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham)
David Bauer (Lieutenant General Harry Buford)
Tim Considine (Slapped Soldier)
Albert Dumortier (Moroccan Minister)
Gerald Flood (Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder)
Jack Gwyllim (Harold Alexander)
David Healy (Clergyman)
Bill Hickman (General Patton's Driver)
Sandy Kevin (Correspondent)
Carey Loftin (General Bradley's Driver)
Alan MacNaughton (British Briefing Officer)
Lionel Murton (3rd Army Chaplain)
Clint Ritchie (Tank Captain)
Douglas Wilmer (Major General Francis de Guingand)
Patrick J. Zurica (First Lieutenant Alexander Stiller)
Written by
Edmund H. North
Francis Ford Coppola
Ladislas Farago (book Patton:
Ordeal and Triumph)
Omar N. Bradley (book A
Soldier's Story)
Rated: 
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 An award-winning and
highly praised biography of controversial World War II hero General
George S. Patton (George C. Scott). The film covers his wartime
activities and accomplishments, beginning with his entry into
the North African campaign and ending with his removal from command
after his outspoken criticism of US post-war military strategy.
Tracing his personal rivalry with Romel, his problematic treatment
of his own men and his nearly runaway contempt for diplomacy,
the film triumphs as an enduring portrait of a complex and larger-than-life
figure. Academy Award® Nominations: 10. Academy Awards®:
8, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--George
C. Scott, Best (Adapted) Screenplay--Francis Ford Coppola/Edmund
H. North.
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