Product: MacArthur (1977)
Rating: 4.0
Propaganda in its purest form.
Nothing like making "Dugout Doug" look his finest and brightest. My uncle served directly under him and while some of the movie is true, a lot was left out. If anyone bothers to read a "good" book about MacArthur, you will see what I mean. Don't bother with the book entitled, "American Caesar" by William Manchester published in 1978, it also is just a pontification of Doug. Don't get me wrong, he was and still is considered one of our greatest generals, but if you delve deep you will find that a lot of his problems were of his own making and his ego got in the way of quite a few things. However, the movie is a good romp through a war in the style of both John Wayne and John Ford.