George C plays George S almost to a tee.

Rating: 9/10 (4 August 2016)

This 20th Century Fox production, should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the year, which it did for 1970, among other awards, such as Best Actor, which Scott earned. One was able to sense well what the real Patton, "Old Blood and Guts" was really like. Patton was a man who himself stated that he read the Bible every day as he told a priest; (of course, the strong expletive he used as his adjective for the word "day" is not fit, I believe, to be placed in this review.) He didn't mind spitting out dirty words at the beginning when he was talking to his men, a man who loved war so much that generals under him began to hate him, a fact depicted in the movie. One memorable scene was the one in which he slapped hard the head of the boy too scared to fight. (Tim Considine, famed for playing Spin on the serial "Spin and Marty" on, in turn, the "Mickey Mouse Club" of the middle '50's played the part of the scared soldier.) I wonder if George S. Patton was any meaner than George C. Scott. After all, in many of his movies Scott is so mean himself. Karl Malden played one of his best roles ever in his career as General Omar Bradley. The main setting in North Africa was drawing in its own right. Yes, the movie depicted so clearly Patton and his war situation well. An outstanding production.