MacArthur (film)
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| MacArthur | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Produced by | Frank McCarthy |
| Written by | Hal Barwood Matthew Robbins |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Ed Flanders Dan O'Herlihy |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Mario Tosi |
| Editing by | George Jay Nicholson |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 1977 |
| Running time | 130 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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MacArthur is a 1977 film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Gregory Peck in the titular role as American General Douglas MacArthur. The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
[edit] Cast
- Gregory Peck - Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- Ivan Bonar - Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland
- Ward Costello - Gen. George C. Marshall
- Nicolas Coster- Colonel Sidney Huff
- Marj Dusay - Mrs. Jean MacArthur
- Dan O'Herlihy - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Ed Flanders - President Harry S. Truman
- Art Fleming - The Secretary
- Russell Johnson - Adm. Ernest J. King
- Sandy Kenyon - Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright
- Robert Mandan - Rep. Martin
- Allan Miller - Col. Legrande A. Diller
