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Bookmark this pageMacArthur – The Rebel General (1977)
Director: Joseph Sargent
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Typical Hollywood biopic (released in the US simply as MacArthur) which, despite proclamations of objectivity, tilts in the direction of hagiography. Inadvertently, the movie mirrors MacArthur in its own hubris: epic ambitions way beyond all budgetary control. The script is sprinkled with walking-on-the-water jokes in a half-hearted attempt to have its MacArthur and demystify him as well, but these merely enhance the image of the Perfect American General ('40s vintage) - a commodity which, as can be seen here, should never be exported.Author: SM
Cast & crew
Director: Joseph Sargent
Producer: Frank McCarthy
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ivan Bonar, Ward Costello, Nicolas Coster, Marj Dusay, Ed Flanders, Art Fleming, Dan O'Herlihy, GD Spradlin full cast
Duration: 130 mins
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