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Patton (1970)

GP  -  Biography | Drama | History  -  2 April 1970 (USA)
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The World War II phase of the controversial American general's career is depicted.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Stephen Young ...
Captain Chester B. Hansen
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Carey Loftin ...
General Bradley's Driver (as Cary Loftin)
Albert Dumortier ...
Frank Latimore ...
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Captain Richard N. Jenson
Karl Michael Vogler ...
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General Patton's Driver
Pat Zurica ...
First Lieutenant Alexander Stiller (as Patrick J. Zurica)
James Edwards ...
Sergeant William George Meeks
Lawrence Dobkin ...
Colonel Gaston Bell
David Bauer ...
Lieutenant General Harry Buford
John Barrie ...
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Storyline

"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 Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany. Written by Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>

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general | warrior | tank | destiny | allies | See more »


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Release Date:

2 April 1970 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Patton: A Salute to a Rebel  »

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Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Nearly half the budget was spent on soldiers and equipment rented from the Spanish army. See more »

Goofs

During the scene at Messina, the drum major gives the command: "Forward, March!" which is incorrect. All pipe band commands follow the British model and the correct command would be: "By the right, Quick March!" See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Patton: Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
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Crazy Credits

One of the very, very few Twentieth Century-Fox films in which that company's logo is not shown at all, beginning or end. The film simply begins with the opening speech, and the opening Fox logo is replaced with an in-credit text-only notice after the speech. However, recent television showings have added the logo (not on DVD prints), and the addition is obviously spliced in from another piece of film. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Seinfeld: The Millennium (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"God Save the King!"
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In the background for a London scene
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Outstanding work by George Scott
20 March 1999 | by (Houston, TX) – See all my reviews

The best comment on this film was made by my father. This was the last movie he saw in a theater. He had served under Patton in WW2 and said that Scott had nailed Patton's character and mannerisms so perfectly that halfway through the opening speech, he expected Scott/Patton to look down and say, "$@%#$@, Sears, get a haircut - your hair's too &#%#$%@ long!"


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