MacArthur
- IMDb link: 0076342
- IMDb rating: 6.5 (5,654 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Biography, War, History
- Director: Joseph Sargent
- Cast: Gregory Peck, Dan O'Herlihy, Ed Flanders, Ivan Bonar, Nicolas Coster, Ward Costello and others
- Release date: 15 Jul 1977
- Release year: 1977
- Runtime: 130 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: character name as title, douglas macarthur character, quoting shakespeare's othello, admiral the military rank, brigadier general the military rank, colonel the military rank, general the military rank, lieutenant the military rank, lieutenant general the military rank, major the military rank
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Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.
This is a biographical and semi-documentary look at the career of General Douglas MacArthur centering on his WWII and Korean War experiences. The movie examines MacArthur's 1942 recall from the Phillipines by Franklin Roosevelt; his triumphant return to liberate the country from the Japanese; his guidance of & influence on the allies' post war policies in Japan; his often volatile & fragile relationship with Harry Truman; and finally his Korean War experiences which resulted in his dismissal from the army by Truman.
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