Patton (film)

Patton is a 1970 biographical film which tells the story of General George Patton's commands during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden and Michael Bates.

Trivia

• At the end of the movie, Patton is nearly run over by a cart and says, "Imagine, after all I've been through, imagine me going out like that!". In December 1945, Patton was injured in a freak vehicle accident and died a few weeks later.
• The movie writers of Patton's famous speech actually had to tone down Patton's actual words and statements.
• Patton's driver was played by Scott's golf instructor, George Slingerland.

Minor ERROR --- Of the numerous scenes of American tanks in this film, I have, in numerous viewings, so far not found a depiction of the tank which Patton's battle forces exclusively used in 1944 & almost exclusively in 1945, the M-4 "Sherman" (the M-26 "Pershing" became available in the European Theater in the first 3 months of 1945, but not to a predominant degree). Interestingly, the U.S. tanks in this excellent cinema superfically resemble M-26 "Pershing" tanks of the mid-to-late 1940's, but also resemble, fittingly, the M-47 "Patton" of the 1950's.

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