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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.
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 ...
Patton: Ordeal and Triumph (1963) The Broken Seal: "Operation Magic" and the Secret Road to Pearl Harbor (1967) The Game of the Foxes (1971) Spymaster (1972) Aftermath: The Search for Martin Bormann (1974) The Last Days of Patton (1981)
By the time he made "The Last Days of Patton" sixteen years later, Scott had gained a considerable amount of weight. This seriously marred his believability, as Patton was always quite lean. On the whole, "The Last Days of Patton" is a good movie for those interested in World War II and the famous general, but it is a "snoozer" for most ...
Meanwhile, as the investigation gets closer, the corrupt American officers hire a professional assassin named Webber to kill Patton and halt the inquiry. Soon De Luca meets Mara, a former girlfriend, who can help him find the culprits. But they first discover that Webber is on their trail and is also planning to kill Patton.
A list of appearances by U.S. general George S. Patton in popular culture. Pages in category "Cultural depictions of George S. Patton" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Eisenhower did nearly send Patton back to the States after this incident. Patton was still in hot water from the slapping incidents the previous August, and Eisenhower was getting tired of covering for him.97.73.64.144 01:39, 19 March 2012 (UTC) "Source please" - from a reputable history book - for these "many eyewitnesses". Every serious book ...
According to Carlo d'Este Patton was nothing like the bloodthirsty cavalryman portrayed in the film, which makes me suspect that the slipup about "Arabs" at the Battle of Zama is probably a scriptwriting oversight - as a keen military historian Patton would have been aware of Belisarius' reconquest of Tunisia from the Vandals in the early 500s ...