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Director:
Delbert Mann
Writers:
Ladislas Farago (writer: book)
William Luce (writer)
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Release Date:
14 September 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
Following the close of World War II, General George S. Patton is seriously injured in a car accident and not expected to survive... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
It's no Patton (1970), but ... more (13 total)

Cast

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George C. Scott ... General George S. Patton Jr.
Richard Dysart ... Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Murray Hamilton ... Gen. Hobart 'Hap' Gay
Ed Lauter ... Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill
Kathryn Leigh Scott ... Jean Gordon
Horst Janson ... Baron von Wangenheim
Daniel Benzali ... Col. Glen Spurling

Ron Berglas ... Young Patton
Don Fellows ... Lt.Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Errol John ... Sgt. 1st Class George Meeks
Alan MacNaughton ... Brigadier Hugh Cairns
Paul Maxwell ... Lt.Gen. Geoffrey Keyes
Lee Patterson ... Col. Paul Harkins
Shane Rimmer ... Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball

Eva Marie Saint ... Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
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Runtime:
USA:146 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Company:
Entertainment Partners more

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Murray Hamilton's final acting role. more
Movie Connections:
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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
It's no Patton (1970), but ..., 20 November 2002
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Author: Bryce Rumbles from Baltimore, Maryland

... but it isn't as bad as the other commentators might make you think.

Based on Ladislas Farago's followup to Patton: Ordeal and Triumph (one of the source materials for the original film), Last Days shows Patton on his deathbed, and intercuts flashbacks, mostly of his early life, his courtship of Bea Ayers, his days at the Point and before the first world war. (Patton's adventures on Pershing's 1916 Punitive Expedition to Mexico, and in World War I could make another great film, in the right hands.)

Eva Marie Saint plays Bea very well, and it's always nice to see a pair of contemporaries playing an aging couple, rather than allowing the casting to be dictated by "who's hot," and then relying on makeup to age them.

Overall, a good movie, although I'm tempted to agree that is was an unnecessarily long movie.

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