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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur at IMDB