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The Last Days of Patton
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Produced by	Alfred R. Kelman William F. Storke
Written by	William Luce based on the book by Ladislas Farago
Starring	George C. Scott Eva Marie Saint Murray Hamilton Ed Lauter Richard Dysart
Music by	Allyn Ferguson
Distributed by	CBS Television
Release date(s)	September 14, 1986
Running time	146 mins.
Language	English
Preceded by	Patton

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.

1 Plot
2 Selected Cast
3 See also
4 External links

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.

Selected Cast

George C. Scott as General George S. Patton
Eva Marie Saint as Beatrice 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

External links

v • d • e The films of Delbert Mann

1950s	Marty • The Bachelor Party • Desire Under the Elms • Separate Tables • Middle of the Night

1960s	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs • Lover Come Back • The Outsider • That Touch of Mink • A Gathering of Eagles • Quick, Before It Melts • Dear Heart • Mister Buddwing • Fitzwilly • The Pink Jungle

1970s	Kidnapped • Birch Interval • Love's Dark Ride

1980s	Brontë

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