The Last Days of Patton

Infobox Film
name = The Last Days of Patton
writer = William Luce
based on the book by Ladislas Farago
starring = George C. Scott
Eva Marie Saint
Murray Hamilton
Ed Lauter
Richard Dysart
director = Delbert Mann
producer = Alfred R. Kelman
William F. Storke
music = Allyn Ferguson
distributor = CBS Television
released = September 14, 1986
runtime = 146 mins.
language = English
preceded_by = "Patton"
imdb_id = 0091383

"The Last Days of Patton" is a 1986 made-for-television movie sequel to the 1970 film "Patton", which portrays 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. The film was directed by Delbert Mann.

Plot

As a result of General George S. Patton, Jr's decision to use former Nazis to help reconstruct post-World War II Germany (and publicly defending the practice), General Dwight Eisenhower removes him from that task and reassigns him to supervise "an army of clerks" whose task is to write the official history of the U.S. military involvement in World War II.

Shortly thereafter, on December 9, 1945 (a day before he was to transfer back to the United States), Patton is involved in an automobile accident that seriously injures his spinal column, paralyzing him. As he lies in his hospital bed, he flashes back to earlier pivotal moments in his life, including stories his father told him of his grandfather's service during the American Civil War which inspired him to attend West Point Military Academy, his marriage to his wife Beatrice, and his championing of the use of tanks in the United States Army.

President Harry S. Truman and other government officials, not wanting Patton to die on German soil, order him transferred to a stateside hospital. Preparations, including a full plaster body cast, are made, but Patton dies of an embolism on December 21, 1945.

elected Cast

*George C. Scott as General George S. Patton
*Eva Marie Saint as Batrice Patton
*Murray Hamilton as Brigadier General "Hap" Gay
*Ed Lauter as Lieutenant Colonel (Doctor) Paul Hill
*Richard Dysart as General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower
*Kathryn Leigh Scott as Jean Gordon, Patton's niece
*Ron Berglas as Young George S. Patton

ee also

* "Patton"
* General George S. Patton
* George C. Scott

External links

* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/28308/The-Last-Days-of-Patton/overview New York Times movie review by Mattew Tobey]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091383/plotsummary Plot summary at Internet Movie Database.com]
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800086925/info Plot summary at Yahoo Movies]
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015546 Directed by Delbert Mann]