Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

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100 min - Action | Drama | War - 1 March 1950 (USA)

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A dramatization of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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)

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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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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Action | Drama | War | Romance

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USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 1950 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Du warst unser Kamerad See more »

Filming Locations:

Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, Oceanside, California, USA See more »

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Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

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Republic Pictures (I) See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min | Germany: 97 min | USA: 109 min (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

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Black and White (archive footage) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

Kirk Douglas was originally cast as Sergeant Stryker. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The way Stryker holds the rifle when he tells Conway that he checked the records. See more »

Quotes

Sgt. Stryker: You gotta learn right and you gotta learn fast. And any man that doesn't want to cooperate, I'll make him wish he had never been born.
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Towards the end of the opening cast credits there states: And the three
living survivors of the historic flag raising on Mount Suribachi Pfc. 'Rene
A. Gagnon', Pfc. Ira H. Hayes and PM3/c John H. Bradley. See more »

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Referenced in The Yum-Yum Girls (1981) See more »

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