Patton [videorecording] / produced and released byTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ; a Frank McCarthy-Franklin J. Schaffner production ; screen story and screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North ; produced by Frank McCarthy ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Based on factual material from Patton: ordeal and triumph / Ladislas Farago and A soldier's story / Omar N. Bradley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. DVD special features include: audio essay on life of Patton, and original theatrical trailer. George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Edward Binns, Lawrence Dobkin, John Doucette, James Edwards, Frank Latimore, Stephen Young, Michael Strong, Cary Loftin.
Summary:
Film biography of America's charismatic and controversial general during World War II (1943-1945). Covers both his confrontations with Eisenhower and his successes.
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