

MacArthur
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9M
- Box office
- $16.3M
- Language
- English
- world war ii
- korean war (1950-53)
- biography
- pacific war
- west point
- general douglas macarthur
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG15 Jul 1977
BrazilBR
- Theatrical141 Jan 1980
GermanyDE
- Physical16DVD/Blu-ray30 Jun 2017
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG5 May 1978
PortugalPT
- Theatricale 122 May 1980
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1522 Dec 1977
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1517 Apr 1978
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MacArthur was released on 15 July 1977.
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1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
12/31/2025
Gregory Peck dons the uniform of the four/five star American General who rose to prominence in the far east theatre of operations during World War Two. We start with the Japanese over-running the Philippines and seeing him strategically withdraw to the relative safety of Australia. There he finds that there is little appetite in Washington to take the fight to the enemy, indeed there’s considerable uncertainty as to …
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