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    TV Films

    Jan 19, 2020 4 minutes
    by RYAN HOLDER

    SATURDAY JANUARY 25

    . Film star Gregory Peck said that he went into this character study of Douglas MacArthur with suspicion, verging on dislike, for his subject. He wasn’t alone. The American general who led Allied forces in the Pacific theatre and oversaw the occupation of Japan was a divisive figure. President Harry Truman controversially dismissed him for insubordination at the height of the Korean War. He was, Peck told the , “absurd, pompous and egotistical”. But after researching and re-enacting the general’s motives, Peck developed a grudging respect for the old-timer. It’s a shame that failed to

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