MacArthur

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MacArthur

PG,

1977,

2h 8m,

Biography

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During his farewell address to West Point, General Douglas MacArthur (Gregory Peck) looks back on his storied military career. Beginning with his legendary promise, "I shall return," at the outset of the Battle of Bataan and continuing through his troops' subsequent successes in the South Pacific, the film also touches on his anti-Communist activities following the war and his role in the rebuilding of postwar Japan, until his 1952 ouster by President Harry S. Truman (Ed Flanders).

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 23, 2026

2.5/4

MacArthur isn’t a bad film, but it admittedly suffers in comparison to the more robust and more entertaining Patton.

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

May 6, 2023

Watching the movie is like looking through a photo album with the paged in random order.

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Ruth Batchelor

Los Angeles Free Press

Oct 22, 2019

It comes out a very poor man's Patton.

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Bernard Drew

Gannett News Service

Oct 17, 2019

It was written in a series of bromidic cliches, sententious lectures and stuffily pretentious one-liners.

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Apr 20, 2007

3/5

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Oct 9, 2005

3/5

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Anakin S

Mar 10, 2019

It's a slow starter and at times it feels a bit dragging, but Peck's performance salvages it.

Feb 1, 2019

The best movie character ever portrayed: Gregory Peck as Gen. Douglas MacArthur!

Han R

Feb 12, 2017

If 1977's "Macarthur" was intended as another definitive biopic of American WWII commanders (in the vein of 1970's "Patton"), it thoroughly missed the mark. Hate to say it, but Gregory Peck and his cast were dry and shallow, basically only reciting colorless dialog on claustrophobic sets. Gregory Peck was no George C. Scott, and "Macarthur" was certainly no "Patton"

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Joseph Sargent

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Gregory Peck

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Ed Flanders

President Harry S. Truman

Dan O'Herlihy

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sandy Kenyon

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Dick O'Neill

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Synopsis

During his farewell address to West Point, General Douglas MacArthur (Gregory Peck) looks back on his storied military career. Beginning with his legendary promise, "I shall return," at the outset of the Battle of Bataan and continuing through his troops' subsequent successes in the South Pacific, the film also touches on his anti-Communist activities following the war and his role in the rebuilding of postwar Japan, until his 1952 ouster by President Harry S. Truman (Ed Flanders).

Director: Joseph Sargent
Producer: Frank McCarthy
Screenwriter: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 1977, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Runtime: 2h 8m

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