Sands of Iwo Jima [Blu-ray]

Director: Allan Dwan

Overview

From director Allan Dwan, Sands of Iwo Jima is a drama set during the Second World War and follows John Stryker (John Wayne), a relentlessly tough Marine sergeant as he trains a squad of naïve, rebellious recruits at a New Zealand military station in 1943. Recently left by his wife, Stryker has become exceedingly bitter and tough, leading his contemporaries to question his behavior and his men to dislike him for his harsh training methods. The wisdom of Stryker's ways, however, is demonstrated when they fight in the legendary battle of Iwo Jima. Using footage of real WWII battles, the Sands of Iwo Jima features John Wayne's first Academy Award-nominated performance, though Broderick Crawford ultimately won the 1950 Best Actor prize.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2014
UPC:	0887090082006
Original Release:	1949
Rating:	NR
Source:	Olive
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:49:00
Sales rank:	14,259

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Wayne	Sgt. John M. Stryker
John Agar	Pfc. Peter Conway
Wally Cassell	Pfc. Benny Regazzi
Adele Mara	Allison Bromley
Forrest Tucker	Pfc. Al Thomas
Richard Webb	Pfc. Shipley
Arthur Franz	Cpl. Robert Dunne/Narrator
Julie Bishop	Mary
James Holden	Pfc. Soames
Peter Coe	Pfc. Hellenpolis
Richard Jaeckel	Pfc. Frank Flynn
William Murphy	Pfc. Eddie Flynn
George Tyne	Pfc. Harris
Hal Baylor	Pvt. `Ski' Choynski
John McGuire	Capt. Joyce
Martin Milner	Pvt. Mike McHugh
Leonard Gumley	Pvt. Sid Stein
William Self	Pvt. L.D. Fowler Jr.
Dick Wessel	Grenade Instructor
I. Stanford Jolley	Forrestal
David Clarke	Wounded Marine
Gil Herman	Lt. Baker
Dick Jones	Scared Marine
Don Haggerty	Colonel
Bruce Edwards	Marine
Dorothy Ford	Tall Girl
John Whitney	Lt. Thompson
D.M. Shoup	Actor
H.P. Crowe	Actor
Capt. Harold G. Schrier	Himself
Rene A. Gagnon	Actor
Ira H. Hayes	Actor
John H. Bradley	Actor
Allan Dwan	Actor
Victor Young	Actor,Composer
Edmund Grainger	Actor
James Edward Grant	Actor
Bill Self	Pvt. L.D. Fowler, Jr.
H. Hayes Bradley	Actor
Lt.Col. H.P. Crowe, U.S.M.C.	Himself
Col. D.M. Shoup, U.S.M.C.	Himself
The Three Living Survivors of the Fla	g Raising: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon Pfc.
James Brown	Actor

Technical Credits

Harry Brown

James Edward Grant

Allan Dwan	Director
Edmund Grainger	Producer
Harry Brown	Screenwriter
James Edward Grant	Screenwriter
Howard Wilson	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

The Sands of Iwo Jima is one of the most popular, entertaining World War II pictures ever made. The venerable director Allan Dwan impressively juggles combat footage from World War II with a surprise finale and the time-tested scenario of the hardened vet (John Wayne) molding his naive young troops. Dwan had worked as a director since the birth of the industry; though his output since the development of talkies had been spotty, Sands received a strong response from audiences, and became his biggest hit since 1922's Robin Hood. Wayne's solid, Oscar-nominated performance no doubt had much to do with the film's success.

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