Movie: "MacArthur"

Release Date: Jun 1977 Genres: Biography / Drama / History / War Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Runtime: 130 min Cast: Gregory Peck (Gen. Douglas MacArthur), Ivan Bonar (Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland), Ward Costello (Gen. George C. Marshall), Nicolas Coster (Colonel Sidney Huff -...) Marj Dusay (Mrs. Jean MacArthur) Ed Flanders (President Harry S. Truman) Art Fleming (The Secretary) Russell Johnson (Adm. Ernest J. King) Sandy Kenyon (Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright) Robert Mandan (Rep. Martin) Allan Miller (Col. Legrande A. Diller...) Dan O'Herlihy (President Franklin D. Roosevelt) Dick O'Neill (Col. Courtney Whitney (Intelligence...) Addison Powell (Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz) Tom Rosqui (Gen. Sampson) G.D. Spradlin (Maj. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger) Kenneth Tobey (Adm. William 'Bull' Halsey) Garry Walberg (Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker) Lane Allan (Maj. Gen. William F. Marquat...) Barry Coe (TV reporter) Everett Cooper (Lt. Gen. William Krueger (6th Army...) Charles Cyphers (Brig. Gen. Forest Harding (32nd Div....) Manuel DePina (Prettyman (as Manuel De Pina)) Jesse Dizon (Pedro Castro (Filipino soldier)) Warde Donovan (Lt. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr., USMC) Jerry Holland (Aide) Philip Kenneally (RAdm. James Doyle) John McKee (Adm. William D. Leahy) Walter O. Miles (Gen. George C. Kenney (5th Air Force...) Gerald Peters (Gen. Sir Thomas A. Blamey (Commander,...) Eugene Peterson (Gen. Collins) Beulah Quo (Ah Cheu) Alex Rodine (Lt. Gen. Kuzma Nikolaevich Derevyanko) Yuki Shimoda (Prime Minister Shidehara) Fred Stuthman (Gen. Omar N. Bradley) Harvey Vernon (RAdm. Forrest P. Sherman) William Wellman Jr. (Lt. John Duncan Bulkeley (Commander -...) Robert V. Barron (POW (uncredited)) Klair Bybee (Burial Detail Soldier (uncredited)) John Fujioka (Emperor Hirohito) Branscombe Richmond (Korean Soldier (uncredited)) Shane Sinutko (Douglas (uncredited)) Ramon Sison (Lieutenant Colonel (Hospital...) John Stuart West (Lieutenant Aames (uncredited))

Storyline

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.