MacArthur

MacArthur is a biographical war drama about Douglas MacArthur, the American general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific during the Second World War and later led United Nations troops in the Korean War. The story follows him from 1942, when Japanese advances destroyed his air strength and forced him to leave the Philippines, through his campaigns in the Pacific and his role in the postwar occupation and rebuilding of Japan, to his disputes with President Harry Truman over the conduct of the Korean War and his removal from command. The narrative is framed by a visit to West Point, where MacArthur looks back over his career. Gregory Peck plays the general, with Ed Flanders as Truman, Ward Costello as George C. Marshall and Marj Dusay as Jean MacArthur.

Joseph Sargent directed from a screenplay by Matthew Robbins and Hal Barwood, with Frank McCarthy producing. The film was released in July 1977, arriving between Sargent's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Nightmares. It had a budget of nine million dollars and took sixteen million dollars worldwide, a modest return for a production of its scale.

Audience response has been mixed. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.5 from around 5,600 votes, and on TMDB a rating of 6.2 from about 97 votes. A critics' rating of 5.1 from eleven reviews places it below the audience scores.