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Where the legend ends and the man begins.
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The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
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Directed by: Joseph Sargent, Scott Maitland, Don Zepfel
Written by: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Produced by: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Frank McCarthy
Composed by: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast

Gregory Peck
Douglas MacArthur

Ivan Bonar
Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland

Ward Costello
Gen. George C. Marshall

Nicolas Coster
Colonel Sidney Huff

Marj Dusay
Jean MacArthur

Ed Flanders
President Harry S. Truman

Warde Donovan
General Shepherd

Branscombe Richmond
Korean Soldier

Russell Johnson
Admiral King

Sandy Kenyon
General Wainwright
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