George C. Scott headlined this 20th Century Fox military movie. He had previously starred in, and won a Best Actor Oscar in another Fox military movie, Patton (1970). Scott once said of his role as Brigadier General Harlan Bache in TAPS: "I have sympathy for Bache. He's lived by the rules. His values were Patton (1970)'s values - duty, honor, country. He's a proud man, and the school officials won't give him his due. Of course, his influence on the cadets is imbalanced. Unfortunately, they have no perspective on the man".