Iwo Jima, deserto di fuoco (1950)
Il sergente Stryker (Wayne) è al comando di un plotone di reclute dei marines. Per i suoi modi di addestramento brutali e violenti è odiato da tutta la truppa. Stryker è un soldato che sa quanto valga un buon addestramento per affrontare una battaglia. È per questo che chiede il massimo ai suoi uomini. Questi se ne accorgeranno durante lo sbarco a Iwo Jima, dove scopriranno il lato umano del loro sergente. Classico film di guerra incentrato sulla figura del soldato tutto patria e spirito di corpo (un efficacissimo Wayne). Il film alterna alla finzione veri brani documentari dello sbarco a Iwo Jima, compresa la sequenza della bandiera.
Direttore:
Allan Dwan
Scrittori:
Harry Brown, James Edward Grant.
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John Wayne as Sgt. John M. Stryker |
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John Agar as PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway |
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Adele Mara as Allison Bromley |
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Forrest Tucker as PFC Al J. Thomas |
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Wally Cassell as PFC Benny A. Regazzi |
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James Brown as PFC Charlie Bass |
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Richard Webb as PFC Dan 'Handsome' Shipley |
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Arthur Franz as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator |
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Julie Bishop as Mary |
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James Holden as PFC 'Farmer' Soames |
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Peter Coe as PFC George Hellenpolis |
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Richard Jaeckel as PFC Frank Flynn |
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William Murphy as PFC Eddie Flynn |
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George Tyne as PFC Hart S. Harris |
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Hal Baylor as Pvt. J.E. 'Ski' Choynski |
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John McGuire as Capt. Joyce |
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Martin Milner as Pvt. Mike McHugh |
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Leonard Gumley as Pvt. Sid Stein |
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William Self as Pvt. L.D. Fowler Jr. |
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David M. Shoup as Colonel D.M. Shoup |
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H.P. Crowe as Lt. Col. H.P. Crowe |
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Harold G. Schrier as Captain Harold G. Schrier |
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Rene A. Gagnon as PFC Rene A. Gagnon |
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Ira H. Hayes as PFC Ira H. Hayes |
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John H. Bradley as PM3C John H. Bradley |
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Conrad Binyon as Marine (uncredited) |
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David Clarke as Wounded Marine (uncredited) |
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Fred A. Datig as Marine (uncredited) |
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Bruce Edwards as Marine (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Ford as Tall Girl (uncredited) |
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Carole Gallagher as USO Woman (uncredited) |
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Fred Graham as Officer (uncredited) |
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Don Haggerty as Colonel in Staff Car (uncredited) |
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Gil Herman as Lt. Baker (uncredited) |
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William Hudson as Marine (uncredited) |
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I. Stanford Jolley as Forrestal (uncredited) |
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Dickie Jones as Scared Marine (uncredited) |
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Billy Lechner as Marine (uncredited) |
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Mickey McCardle as Marine (uncredited) |
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Roger McGee as Sailor (uncredited) |
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Al Murphy as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as Waiter in Bar (uncredited) |
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Judy Sochor as USO Woman (uncredited) |
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Glen Vernon as Marine (uncredited) |
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Steve Wayne as Marine (uncredited) |
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Dick Wessel as Grenade Instructor (uncredited) |
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Ted White as Marine (uncredited) |
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John Whitney as Lt. Thompson (uncredited) |
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Joy Windsor as USO Woman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Allan Dwan | Director |
| Writing | Harry Brown | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Edward Grant | Screenplay |
| Camera | Reggie Lanning | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Richard L. Van Enger | Editor |
| Sound | T.A. Carman | Sound |
| Sound | Howard Wilson | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Palmer | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Howard Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Crew | Theodore Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Mark | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Gray | Hairstylist |
| Production | Edmund Grainger | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Harry Brown | Story |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Art | James W. Sullivan | Art Direction |
| Art | John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Art | Otto Siegel | Set Decoration |
