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Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II.It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley, and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and Bradley's memoir, A Soldier's ...
The film was produced by Berle Adams and Arthur Lewis and directed by John Hough. [3] It stars Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan and Max von Sydow. [4] The film's plot concerns General George S. Patton's fatal automobile crash and suggests that the crash was not an accident but the result of a ...
Scott played George S. Patton in the film Patton (1970) and researched extensively for the role, studying films of the general and talking to those who knew him. Scott declined the Oscar nomination for Patton, just as he had done for his nomination in 1962 for The Hustler, but won the award anyway. [18]
Several actors have portrayed Patton on screen, most famously George C. Scott in the 1970 film Patton, for which he won (and refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role in 1986 in the made-for-television film The Last Days of Patton which tells the story of his last few months. [248] Other actors who have portrayed Patton ...
The Last Days of Patton is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical drama film and sequel to the 1970 film Patton, portraying the last few months of the general's life. George C. Scott reprises the role of General George S. Patton, and Eva Marie Saint portrays Beatrice Patton, the general's wife.
Virginia Patton Moss, the last surviving adult cast member of It's a Wonderful Life, has died. She was 97. Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, Georgia, confirmed the death on Monday, writing in an ...
Willie was sent to live with Patton's family as the beloved dog of a fallen warrior. [13] He died in 1955, outliving both Patton and his wife. He is buried in an unmarked grave by a stone wall on Patton's property, which is still owned by the Patton family. [14] [4] In 1970, Willie was portrayed in several scenes in Patton's biographical movie ...
Virginia Patton, who played George Bailey’s sister-in-law in the holiday staple It’s A Wonderful Life, died in an assisted living facilty on Aug. 18. She was 97. Patton was Ruth Dakin Bailey ...