Patton

War, History, Biography

George C. Scott	Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Karl Malden	Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Stephen Young	Capt. Chester B. Hansen
Michael Strong	Brig. Gen. Hobart Carver
Albert Dumortier	Moroccan Minister
Frank Latimore	Lt. Col. Henry Davenport
Morgan Paull	Capt. Richard N. Jenson
Karl Michael Vogler	Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Patrick J. Zurica	1st Lt. Alexander Stiller
James Edwards	Sgt. William George Meeks
Carey Loftin	Gen. Bradley's driver
Bill Hickman	Gen. Patton's driver

Director	Franklin Schaffner; Franklin J. Schaffner
Producer	Frank McCarthy; Frank Caffey
Writer	Ladislas Farago; Omar N. Bradley; Francis Ford Coppola; Edmund H. North

As the film begins we meet General George S. Patton (George C. Scott) taking command of II Corps in North Africa following a major defeat. Patton is a martinet but manages to whip the defeated corps into shape, restore their morale, and lead them in the invasion of Sicily. Patton slaps a shell-shocked soldier whom he suspects of malingering, and is relieved of his command and humiliated by being forced to publicly apologize to his troops. After being restored to command of the Third Army, he plays a major role in the Battle of the Bulge and the defeat of Germany. After the Allied victory, he is relieved of his command as a result of intemperate remarks about the Soviet Union.