Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
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Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur | |
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Genre | Historical Drama |
Screenplay by | Ernest Kinoy |
Directed by | Anthony Page |
Starring | Henry Fonda Lucille Benson E. G. Marshall Lloyd Bochner Russell Johnson Howard Hesseman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | David L. Wolper |
Producer | Stan Margulies |
Production locations | NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California |
Editor | Jim McElroy |
Running time | 101 minutes |
Production company | Wolper Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | January 4, 1976 |
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur is a 1976 American made-for-television historical drama film about the confrontation between President Harry S. Truman and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War.
Premise
U.S. President Harry S. Truman (E.G. Marshall) and his commander in the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur (Henry Fonda), disagree on war strategy. Their conflict comes to a head when Truman relieves the insubordinate MacArthur of his command.
Cast
- Henry Fonda as General Douglas MacArthur
- E. G. Marshall as President Harry S. Truman
- Lucille Benson as Bess Truman
- Lloyd Bochner as Averell Harriman
- Russell Johnson as General George Stratemeyer
- Howard Hesseman as AP Man
References
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur at IMDB
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- 1976 television films
- 1976 films
- American Broadcasting Company original films
- American drama television films
- Films directed by Anthony Page
- 1970s war films
- 1970s historical films
- American drama television film stubs