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“Where the legend ends and the man begins.”
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, when he was removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

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
Jerry Holland
Aide
Art Fleming
The Secretary
MacArthur is a drama, history, war film released in 1977 exploring themes of world war ii, korean war (1950-53), biography, pacific war, west point, general douglas macarthur. Directed by Joseph Sargent, it stars Gregory Peck, Ivan Bonar, Ward Costello. The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, when he was 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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