Patton (1970)

A Weather Prayer

General Patton (George C. Scott) commissions a weather prayer from the Third Army chaplain before engaging in the Battle of the Bulge.

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

Released in 1970 by Fox.

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  • character-type: Military Officer
  • character-type: Religious Person
  • character-type: Soldier
  • action: Battle
  • action: Read
  • action: Fight
  • editors-choice: Patriotic Scenes
  • editors-choice: Explosions!
  • editors-choice: Action Sequences
  • 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: Witty
  • mood: Violent
  • mood: Heartfelt
  • prop: Eye Glasses
  • prop: Tanks
  • prop: Snow
  • prop: Flame Thrower
  • setting: Forest
  • setting: Battlefield
  • theme: Religion
  • theme: War
  • theme: Faith
  • actor: Lionel Murton
  • 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: Third Army chaplain
  • 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