text: During the Battle of the Bulge Patton devises a plan to relieve the trapped 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, which he does before smashing through the Siegfried Line and into Germany. After Germany capitulates, Patton's outspokenness lands him in trouble once again when he compares American politics to Nazism. Though he is relieved of command, Patton is kept on to see the rebuilding of Germany. Patton later walks Willie, his bull terrier. Patton's voice is heard;
  Cast
  George C. Scott as General George S. Patton
  Karl Malden as General Omar N. Bradley
  David Bauer as Lieutenant General Harry Buford
  Edward Binns as Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith
  John Doucette as Major General Lucian Truscott
  Michael Strong as Brigadier General Hobart Gay
  Peter Barkworth as Colonel John Welkin
  Lawrence Dobkin as Colonel Gaston Bell
  Paul Stevens as Colonel Charles R. Codman
  Morgan Paull as Captain Richard N. Jenson
  Stephen Young as Captain Chester B. Hansen
  James Edwards as Sergeant William George Meeks
  Tim Considine as a shell-shocked soldier
  Michael Bates as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
  Jack Gwillim as Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander
  Gerald Flood as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder
  John Barrie as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham
  Frank Latimore as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport
  Karl Michael Vogler as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
  Richard Münch as Colonel General Alfred Jodl
  Siegfried Rauch as Captain Oskar Steiger
  Production
  Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Rod Steiger declined the role of Patton. Steiger later said it was his greatest mistake. Charlton Heston was considered for the role of Omar N. Bradley before Karl Malden was cast.