MacArthur

MacArthur is a 1977 American biographical war film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Gregory Peck in the eponymous role as American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Plot The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan in World War II, to 1952, after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Harry Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination. It is recounted in flashback as MacArthur visits West Point in 1962. Cast Gregory Peck as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Ed Flanders as President Harry S. Truman Dan O'Herlihy as President Franklin D. Roosevelt Ivan Bonar as Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland Ward Costello as General of the Army George C. Marshall Nicolas Coster as Colonel Sidney Huff Marj Dusay as Mrs. Jean MacArthur Art Fleming as W. Averell Harriman Russell Johnson as Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King Sandy Kenyon as Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright Robert Mandan as Representative Martin Allan Miller as Colonel LeGrande A. Diller Dick O'Neill as Major General Courtney Whitney G. D. Spradlin as Major General Robert L. Eichelberger Addison Powell as Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Charles Cyphers as Brigadier General Forest Harding Garry Walberg as Lieutenant General Walton Walker James Shigeta (deleted scenes) as General Tomoyuki Yamashita Production Gregory Peck said, "I admit that I was not terribly happy with the script they gave me, or with the production they gave me which was mostly on the back lot of Universal. I thought they shortchanged the production." Parts of the film was shot at the beach near Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California.