This is a rarity , in movies any way , as it is close to the original book form and overall plot. Excellent casting, not necessarily factual in all states but close enough to do more than entertain . To keep things straight, there are more than a few people, in and out of the military, who strongly believe General Patton was silenced, still to this day. This storyline has it over stolen gold but that's one of a few theories regarding the general's death. Patton was quite outspoken about the Russians and with strong ties to the better than possible General Dwight D. Eisenhower being proposed as a presidential candidate, the problem at hand is how or what to do with keeping Patton quiet....Many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, as the saying goes....this movie offers one such twixt.