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Release Date:
December 1961 (USA) more
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Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Was very surprised to see this side of Tony Curtis' acting ablity...Excellent more (13 total)

Cast

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Tony Curtis ... Ira Hamilton Hayes
James Franciscus ... Pvt. James B. Sorenson
Gregory Walcott ... Sgt. Kiley
Bruce Bennett ... Gen. Bridges
Vivian Nathan ... Nancy Hayes
Edmund Hashim ... Jay Morago
Paul Comi ... Sgt. Boyle
Stanley Adams ... Noomie
Wayne Heffley ... Cpl. Johnson
Ralph Moody ... Uncle
Jeffrey Silver ... McGruder
James Beck ... Tyler (as Jim Beck)
Forrest Compton ... Pharmacist Mate John H. Bradley
Pete Homer ... Mr. Alvarez
Mary Patton ... Chairlady
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Germany:105 min | USA:108 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Film debut of Lynda Day George. more
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Referenced in Chappaqua (1966) more

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Was very surprised to see this side of Tony Curtis' acting ablity...Excellent, 28 September 2002
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Author: Mahtab from New Haven, Connecticut, USA

This movie "The Outsider" was a pleasant surprise from the moment it started, until the very end of it. I thought that Tony Curtis was supurb as "Ira Hayes"...a part I feel should have won him an Acadamy Award Nomation and/or an Oscar. Tony Curtis was able to give the viewer great insight of the pain felt by this misguided Hero. Also, the raising of the flag on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima looked so real...and gave me such a powerful patriotic feeling. This movie does not come around to view very often...and my one wish is that it would be shown more. It was one of the best movies I have seen in a very long time.

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