Patton (1970)

I Won't Have Cowards in My Army

While making his way through a military hospital, Patton (George C. Scott) encounters a shell-shocked soldier, slaps him in front of the other wounded men, and demands that the coward is placed back on the front lines of combat.

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

© Fox 2012

Released in 1970 by Fox.

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  • character-type: Military Officer
  • character-type: Victim
  • character-type: Soldier
  • character-type: Coward
  • action: Slap
  • editors-choice: Getting Slapped!
  • editors-choice: Tuff Guys
  • editors-choice: Male Performances
  • editors-choice: Politically Incorrect Moments
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Action and Adventure
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • secondary-genre: Military & War Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • secondary-genre: Epics
  • secondary-genre: Classic Action & Adventure
  • secondary-genre: Military Action & Adventure
  • secondary-genre: Biography
  • mood: Tuff
  • mood: Controversial
  • mood: Angry
  • prop: Helmet
  • prop: Medal
  • setting: Hospital
  • setting: Military Base
  • theme: Ethics
  • theme: Leadership
  • theme: Consequences
  • theme: Self Control
  • theme: Mistakes
  • theme: Authority
  • actor: Tim Considine
  • actor: George C. Scott
  • director: Franklin J. Schaffner
  • producer: Frank McCarthy
  • producer: Frank Caffey
  • cinematographer: Fred J. Koenekamp
  • composer: Jerry Goldsmith
  • editor: Hugh S. Fowler
  • role-name: Soldier Who Gets Slapped
  • role-name: General George S. Patton Jr.
  • screenwriter: Edmund H. North
  • screenwriter: Omar N. Bradley
  • screenwriter: Ladislas Farago
  • screenwriter: Francis Ford Coppola
  • year: 1970
  • studio: Fox

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