Patton
1970 film by Franklin J. Schaffner · Released February 4, 1970
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. The film 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 Story. Patton premiered in New York City on February 5, 1970 before being released by 20th Century-Fox on April 2, 1970. The film grossed $61.7 million against a budget of $12 million.
Cast ages at release (February 4, 1970)
- George C. Scott, as General George S. Patton: 42
- Karl Malden, as General Omar N. Bradley: 57
- Michael Bates, as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery: 49
- Karl Michael Vogler, as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel: 41
- Frank Latimore, as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport: 44
- Morgan Paull, as Captain Richard N. Jenson: 25
- Siegfried Rauch, as Captain Oskar Steiger: 37
- Richard Münch, as Colonel General Alfred Jodl: 54
- Lawrence Dobkin, as Colonel Gaston Bell: 50
- Jack Gwillim, as Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander: 60
- Edward Binns, as Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith: 53
- James Edwards, as Sergeant William George Meeks: 51
- John Doucette, as Major General Lucian Truscott: 49
- Paul Stevens, as Colonel Charles R. Codman: 49
- Stephen Young, as Captain Chester B. Hansen: 38
- Michael Strong, as Brigadier General Hobart Carver: 51
- Tim Considine, as a shell-shocked soldier: 29
- Gerald Flood, as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder: 42
- David Bauer, as Lieutenant General Harry Buford: 52
- Peter Barkworth, as Colonel John Welkin: 41
- John Barrie, as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham: 52