Patton [videorecording] / produced by Frank McCarthy ; screen story and screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Based on the books "Ordeal and triumph" by Ladislas Farago and "A soldier's story" by Omar N. Bradley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. Features: making-of documentary, audio essay on the historical Patton speech. George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong, Cary Loftin.
Summary:
Tells the story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance counterbalanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war caused him difficulties interacting with the War Department.
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