Sands of Iwo Jima
A great human story... makes a mighty motion picture!
6.4(173) 1950-01-01 100 minWarDrama
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
DirectorAllan Dwan
ScreenplayHarry Brown
ScreenplayJames Edward Grant
Original Music ComposerVictor Young
Cast & characters
John Wayne
as Sgt. John M. Stryker
John Agar
as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway
Adele Mara
as Allison Bromley
Forrest Tucker
as PFC Al J. Thomas
Wally Cassell
as PFC Benny A. Regazzi
James Brown
as PFC Charlie Bass
Richard Webb
as PFC Dan 'Handsome' Shipley
Arthur Franz
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
Julie Bishop
as Mary
James Holden
as PFC 'Farmer' Soames
Peter Coe
as PFC George Hellenpolis
Richard Jaeckel
as PFC Frank Flynn
William Murphy
as PFC Eddie Flynn
George Tyne
as PFC Hart S. Harris
Hal Baylor
as Pvt. J.E. 'Ski' Choynski
John McGuire
as Capt. Joyce
Martin Milner
as Pvt. Mike McHugh
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Leonard Gumley
as Pvt. Sid Stein
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William Self
as Pvt. L.D. Fowler Jr.
No photo
David M. Shoup
as Colonel D.M. Shoup
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H.P. Crowe
as Lt. Col. H.P. Crowe
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Harold G. Schrier
as Captain Harold G. Schrier
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Rene A. Gagnon
as PFC Rene A. Gagnon
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Ira H. Hayes
as PFC Ira H. Hayes
