Churchill incorrectly refers to the Combined Bomber Offensive as "saturation bombing", an anachronistic term that can only be accurately applied to RAF Bomber Command.Carole Seay as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.Christopher James Baker as Group Captain James Stagg.John Bach as Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory.Paul Gittins as Major General Henry Miller.Bruce Phillips as General Bernard Law Montgomery.Ian Mune as Prime Minister Winston Churchill.Timothy Bottoms as Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith.George Shevtsov as General Charles de Gaulle.
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She is also portrayed as his driver when Ike visits US paratroopers on the eve of D-Day.
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The film omits Ike's relationship with Kay Summersby, his driver, though she appears briefly in a scene where the general officers are viewing movie reels. General Patton's complex personality is also outlined in a very brief set of scenes played by Gerald McRaney. The film is also notable for being the only major production in which General Montgomery's portrayal concentrates on his role as a competent military professional, instead of focusing on his alleged personality disorders, while still showing his eccentricities. Concentrating on decisions actually made by Eisenhower and the pressures brought to bear on him personally, it includes his personal relationship with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ( Ian Mune) and his own Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, US Army ( Timothy Bottoms). The film does not have action sequences, focusing instead on the inner workings of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force that led to the successful D-Day invasion of World War II. Patton, US Army ( Gerald McRaney), General Bernard Montgomery, British Army ( Bruce Phillips) and General Charles de Gaulle, Free French ( George Shevtsov). Bradley, US Army ( James Remar), Lieutenant General George S. The film deals with the difficult decisions he made leading to up to D-Day, including dealing with the varied personalities of his command: Lieutenant General Omar N.
Eisenhower, US Army, popularly known by his nickname of "Ike".
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