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Sergeant Stryker is a bully whose wife has left him. He takes out his anger on his men, but as the battle for Iwo Jima intensifies they realise that the lessons were valuable. John Wayne earned one of his three Oscar nominations for this tough WWII drama.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, Romance, War, Historical, History, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, Oscar Best Actor Nominee, World War 2

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1949) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

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

Supporting Cast:

Richard Webb	.... Pfc. Dan Shipley
Arthur Franz	.... Cpl. Robert Dunne
Julie Bishop	.... Mary
James Holden	.... Pfc. Soames
Peter Coe	.... Pfc. George Hellenpolis
Richard Jaeckel	.... Pfc. Frank Flynn
William Murphy	.... Pfc. Eddie Flynn
George Tyne	.... Pfc. Harris
Hal Baylor	.... Pvt. 'Sky' Choynski

Directors:

Allan Dwan

Writers:

Harry Brown
James Edward Grant

Narrators:

Arthur Franz