Overview
Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends. They happen to be two of the six marines captured in the famous photograph of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima, but Sorenson is killed soon after. Although he is hailed as a hero, Ira's life begins to spiral out of control after the war.
Cast
- Tony Curtis as Ira Hamilton Hayes
- James Franciscus as Pvt. James B. Sorenson
- Gregory Walcott as Sgt. Kiley
- Bruce Bennett as Gen. Bridges
- Vivian Nathan as Nancy Hayes
- Jeffrey Silver as McGruder
- Edmund Hashim as Jay Morago
- Paul Comi as Sgt. Boyle
- Stanley Adams as Noomie
- Wayne Heffley as Cpl. Johnson