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.
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.