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      Sands of Iwo Jima

      1949, War, 1h 50m

      11 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Marine Sgt. John Stryker (John Wayne) is despised by his own men for his rough attitude and exhausting training regimen. As the war in the Pacific progresses, though, they begin to respect Stryker's hard-edged outlook on war and his brutal training methods, as it has helped them prepare for the harsh realities of the battlefield. They'll need all of Stryker's battle tactics if they want to survive what will end up being one of the bloodiest engagements of the war: the Battle of Iwo Jima.

      • Genre: War

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Allan Dwan

      • Producer: Edmund Grainger

      • Writer: Harry Brown, James Edward Grant

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Distributor: Artisan Entertainment, Republic Pictures

      • Production Co: Republic Pictures Corporation

      Cast & Crew

      John Wayne
      John Agar
      Forrest Tucker
      Adele Mara
      Wally Cassell
      James Brown
      Richard Webb
      Arthur Franz
      James Holden
      Peter Coe
      Richard Jaeckel
      William Murphy
      George Tyne
      Hal Baylor
      Martin Milner
      William Self
      Richard Wessel
      I. Stanford Jolley
      Harry Brown

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      • Mar 11, 2014
        A film that plays on lingering patriotism after the war. It is considered to be one of the best John Wayne although it is a very straight forward effort with no nuance.
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      • Aug 10, 2010
        Probably the most influential WW2 movie ever made, you can see ever other movie proceeding it to have similar scenes and characters. Maybe it's because this uses stock footage from the real war, was made so close to the war and has The Duke playing the lead; this is one of the best war movies ever made. No, it's not as well made as Apocalypse Now! or as realistic as Platoon, but this has it where it counts and was made a full 30+ years before either was made. John Stryker is one of the most iconic soldiers in any movie, he represents the true tortured soul and sympathetic tough guy. When a movie like this can still be powerful today, you know they did something right.
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      • Jan 25, 2009
        one of the best old war films and one of the best films starring john wayne. until viewing this the horse soldiers was my favourite performance by the duke. don't get me wrong... he's the usual man we know but here he does it better with gumption. he's very well supported too with good performances mostly by all concerned
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      • Aug 31, 2008
        Wayne is giving a surprisingly excellent portrait of a fascist sergeant,preoccupied in reforming thoughts and supposedly liberal ideas.Impressive battle sequences and social morality yet if Patton was and is an overrated piece of militarism,I believe am really soft rating it with an extra half for the decent neutrality of Iwo Jima events,despite the usual historical patriotism.
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