Sands of Iwo Jima
(1949)
A Great Human Story... Makes A Mighty Motion Picture!!!
Stars: John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, Wally Cassell
Director: Allan Dwan
Writer: Harry Brown, James Edward Grant
Language: English
Studio: Republic Pictures (I)
Duration: 100
Rated: Parental Guidance
DVD Release: June 2006
Marine sergeant John Stryker seems a martinet and a bully as he trains young Marines for combat in the Pacific war. In the end, as survival in the bloody battle of Iwo Jima depends on the lessons Stryker has drilled into them, his troops discover why he was so hard on them.
| John Wayne | Sgt. John M. Stryker |
| John Agar | Pfc. Peter Conway |
| Adele Mara | Allison Bromley |
| Forrest Tucker | Pfc. Al Thomas |
| Wally Cassell | Pfc. Benny Regazzi |
| James Brown | Pfc. Charlie Bass |
| Richard Webb | Pfc. 'Handsome' Dan Shipley |
| Arthur Franz | Cpl. Robert Dunne / Narrator |
| Julie Bishop | Mary |
| James Holden | Pfc. Soames |
| Peter Coe | Pfc. George Hellenpolis |
| Richard Jaeckel | Pfc. Frank Flynn |
| William Murphy | Pfc. Eddie Flynn (as Bill Murphy) |
| George Tyne | Pfc. Harris |
| Hal Baylor | Pvt. 'Sky' Choynski (as Hal Fieberling) |
Genre: War, WWII
Media: DVD
IMDb: 0041841
