Flags of Our Fathers
A single shot can end the war.
6.9(2,047) 2006-10-19 135 minWarDramaHistory
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
DirectorClint Eastwood
ProducerSteven Spielberg
ProducerClint Eastwood
Original Music ComposerClint Eastwood
ScreenplayPaul Haggis
ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr.
ProducerRobert Lorenz
AnimationMatthias Wittmann
Cast & characters
Ryan Phillippe
as John 'Doc' Bradley
Jesse Bradford
as Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach
as Ira Hayes
John Benjamin Hickey
as Keyes Beech
John Slattery
as Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper
as Mike Strank
Jamie Bell
as Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker
as Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick
as Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough
as Captain Severance
Melanie Lynskey
as Pauline Harnois
Tom McCarthy
as James Bradley
Chris Bauer
as Commandant Vandegrift
Judith Ivey
as Belle Block
Myra Turley
as Madeline Evelley
Joseph Cross
as Franklin Sousley
Benjamin Walker
as Harlon Block
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Alessandro Mastrobuono
as Lindberg
Scott Eastwood
as Lundsford
Stark Sands
as Gust
George Grizzard
as John Bradley
Harve Presnell
as Dave Severance
George Hearn
as Walter Gust
Len Cariou
as Mr. Beech
