Patton poster
Screenplay Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
Director Franklin J. Schaffner

Patton

Tagline: The Rebel Warrior

Release Date: 1970-01-25

Duration: 172 minutes

Synopsis

"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.

Casting

  • George C. Scott
    Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
  • Lawrence Dobkin
    Colonel Gaston Bell
  • Carey Loftin
    General Bradley's driver
  • Michael Bates
    Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
  • Edward Binns
    Major General Walter Bedell Smith
  • Paul Frees
    voice (uncredited)
  • Karl Malden
    Gen. Omar N. Bradley
  • Siegfried Rauch
    Captain Oskar Steiger
  • Bill Hickman
    General Patton's driver
  • Michael Strong
    Brig. Gen. Hobart Carver