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7.9/10   225 votes
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Director:
Delbert Mann
Writers:
William Bradford Huie (writer)
Stewart Stern (writer)
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Release Date:
December 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
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
User Comments:
A wonderful movie that has such feeling and speaks volumes of the USA more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Film debut of Lynda Day George. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Chappaqua (1966) more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
A wonderful movie that has such feeling and speaks volumes of the USA, 6 December 2005
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Author: david pearce from swansea Wales

A movie which speaks so much truth about the manner in which Heroes in the US are treated by the establishment.A man is utilised for his status and immediate appeal only to forgotten and downtrodden shortly after.The US has the ability ,like no where else, to allow heroes used for their immediacy to fall from grace so quickly while they move on to someone else. A performance by Curtis which is up there with all the other good movies he made about this time. Curtis had an appeal during this period for making good intelligent pictures before he reduced himself to almost a joke. A quality actor who for some reason became a virtual outcast by his contemporaries.Fame can do many things to people some not so good. The story of the Iwo Jima flag is legendary the spin and conivance that followed is such a blight on a society which we try to look up to but on many occasions feel sorry for.

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