Movie "Sands of Iwo Jima" - DVD Movies Encyclopedia

Short description of the movie "Sands of Iwo Jima"

John Marion Stryker is the ultimate Marine, a tough rifle squad leader who in 1943 is assigned a squad of new recruits saddled with three veterans and an old enemy of Stryker's from previous duties in the Far East. One recruit in particlar is a source of friction with Stryker, Peter Conway, whose father was Stryker's CO at Guadalcanal and who felt his son was too soft and cowardly to be a Marine. The squad grows more and more resentful at Stryker's increasingly brutal training regimen and his lack of sympathy for the varied personal problems of the recruits, but his determination to mold them into fighting men helps save their lives when the squad is landed at Tarawa in November 1943 and Stryker risks his life to blow up a Japanese bunker that has slaughtered Marines trapped at a log wall. The now battle-tested squad becomes more closely-knit and Stryker's relationship with the men warms as the squad eventually finds itself in the bloodiest island battle of the war, at Iwo Jima.

Starring actors in "Sands of Iwo Jima" movie:

John Wayne as a character Sgt. John M. Stryker John Wayne also starred in the next movies: "Hondo" in a role of Hondo Lane; "Reap the Wild Wind" in a role of Captain Jack Stuart; "North to Alaska" in a role of Sam McCord; "Big Jake" in a role of Jacob McCandles; "The Searchers" in a role of Ethan Edwards; "The Cowboys" in a role of Wil Andersen; "The Shootist" in a role of J.B.Books aka John Bernard Books; "Hangman's House" in a role of Condemned Man in Flashback;

John Agar as a character Pfc. Peter Conway John Agar also starred in the next movies: "Revenge of the Creature" in a role of Prof. Clete Ferguson; "Big Jake" in a role of Bert Ryan;

Forrest Tucker as a character Pfc. Al Thomas Forrest Tucker also starred in the next movies: "Auntie Mame" in a role of Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside; "The Abominable Snowman" in a role of Tom Friend;

Wally Cassell as a character Pfc. Benny Regazzi Wally Cassell starred only in the movie "Sands of Iwo Jima"

James Brown as a character Pfc. Charlie Bass James Brown also starred in the next movies: "The Blues Brothers" in a role of Reverend Cleophus James; "Rocky IV" in a role of The Godfather of Soul; "Soul Power" in a role of Himself;

Richard Webb as a character Pfc. 'Handsome' Dan Shipley Richard Webb also starred in the next movies: "Out of the Past" in a role of Jim; "Distant Drums" in a role of Lt. Richard Tufts; "Sullivan's Travels" in a role of Radio man;

Arthur Franz as a character Cpl. Robert Dunne/Narrator Arthur Franz also starred in the next movies: "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" in a role of Tommy Nelson;

James Holden as a character Pfc. Soames James Holden starred only in the movie "Sands of Iwo Jima"

Peter Coe as a character Pfc. George Hellenpolis Peter Coe also starred in the next movies: "Road to Bali" in a role of Gung;

Richard Jaeckel as a character Pfc. Frank Flynn Richard Jaeckel also starred in the next movies: "Starman" in a role of George Fox; "The Devil's Brigade" in a role of Pvt. Omar Greco;

William Murphy as a character Pfc. Eddie Flynn William Murphy starred only in the movie "Sands of Iwo Jima"

George Tyne as a character Pfc. Harris George Tyne starred only in the movie "Sands of Iwo Jima"

Hal Baylor as a character Pvt. 'Sky' Choynski Hal Baylor starred only in the movie "Sands of Iwo Jima"

John McGuire as a character Capt. Joyce John McGuire also starred in the next movies: "Charlie Chan at the Circus" in a role of Hal Blake; "Steamboat Round the Bend" in a role of Duke;

Martin Milner as a character Pvt. Mike McHugh Martin Milner also starred in the next movies: "Valley of the Dolls" in a role of Mel Anderson; "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" in a role of James 'Jimmy' Earp;