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.

• DirectorDelbert Mann
• Release27 December 1961
• Genre
  Drama / War
• Duration1h 48m
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• Rate
  

  6.4
  7 reviews
• Productions

  Universal International Pictures