Directed by:
Allan DwanCinematography:
Reggie LanningComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, James Brown, Richard Webb, Arthur Franz, Julie Bishop, Peter Coe, Richard Jaeckel, Martin Milner (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
John Wayne stars as the battle-hardened Sgt. Stryker. As he begins to hammer an ethnically diverse group of recruits into combat-ready shape, they learn of his notorious toughness, and of the mystery surrounding his demotion. Stryker finds that Pete Conway (John Agar) the son of his late commanding officer, hated his father and hates Stryker for his likeness to the man. After Stryker and his unit have been fighting on Tarawa Atoll, Cpl. Al Thomas (Forrest Tucker) neglects his post, resulting in the death of one man and the wounding of another. While the squad listens to the moans of Bass (James Brown) the wounded man, Stryker, following orders to entrench, refuses to let anyone help him. Bass is rescued, and when he sees Stryker in Hawaii, tells him about Thomas' screw-up. Stryker and Thomas get into a fight which is stopped by a major, but Thomas accepts the blame, knowing Stryker's career could be destroyed, and begs his forgiveness for his dereliction of duty. The unit is ready to move on to its toughest challenge: Iwo Jima. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Wayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/663/165663441_0d9ca7.jpg)
John Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
El Dorado (1966)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![John Agar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886250_989126.jpg)
John Agar
USA
Best movies:
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Shield for Murder (1954)
![Adele Mara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893449_d3d477.jpg)
Adele Mara
USA
Best movies:
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Count the Hours (1953)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
![Forrest Tucker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533850_97b49d.jpg)
Forrest Tucker
USA
Best movies:
Katy Caterpillar (1984)
The Yearling (1946)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
![James Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448347_a6548f.jpg)
James Brown
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Going My Way (1944)
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
![Richard Webb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/352/159352261_df60a4.jpg)
Richard Webb
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Out of the Past (1947)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
![Arthur Franz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792695_39b17d.jpg)
Arthur Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Young Lions (1958)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
![Julie Bishop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505300_205aae.jpg)
Julie Bishop
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Westward the Women (1951)
![Peter Coe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247452_1ad141.jpg)
Peter Coe
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Rocky Mountain (1950)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
![Richard Jaeckel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/215/164215067_dcd1f6.jpg)
Richard Jaeckel
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
![Martin Milner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410427_45e66e.jpg)
Martin Milner
USA
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Compulsion (1959)
Life with Father (1947)
![Wally Cassell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448339_f512b8.jpg)
Wally Cassell
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
White Heat (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
![Hal Baylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000196_1bf136.jpg)
Hal Baylor
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Set-Up (1949)
The Young Lions (1958)
![Dick Wessel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335587_45e9f2.jpg)
Dick Wessel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
David Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Fred Graham
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
Frank O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
![Don Haggerty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873683_fe51d0.jpg)
Don Haggerty
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
![Glen Vernon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484132_1cc9ab.jpg)
Glen Vernon
USA
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
![Dorothy Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/275/161275100_d6d6ad.jpg)
Dorothy Ford
USA
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)