Sands of Iwo Jima

Jan 1, 1950

1h 40m

★ 6.4

A great human story... makes a mighty motion picture!

Overview

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Sgt. John M. Stryker

John Wayne

PFC Peter T. 'Pete' Conway

John Agar

Allison Bromley

Adele Mara

PFC Al J. Thomas

Forrest Tucker

PFC Benny A. Regazzi

Wally Cassell

PFC Charlie Bass

James Brown

PFC Dan 'Handsome' Shipley

Richard Webb

Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator

Arthur Franz

Mary

Julie Bishop

PFC 'Farmer' Soames

James Holden

PFC George Hellenpolis

Peter Coe

PFC Frank Flynn

Richard Jaeckel

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6.2

Let George Do It!

Jul 12, 1940

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.

6.5

Cefalonia

Oct 29, 2005

Cefalonia tells the real story about what happened in September 1943 on the Greek island of Kefalonia (Cefalonia in Italian), when the 12,000 men in the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division, following Italy's surrender to the Allied, refused to put themselves under German command and also refused to surrender their weapons. The local German force, supported by Stuka dive-bombers and additional troops, attacked the Italians and after several days of combat the Italians surrendered, having lost 1,300 men. As punishment, the German High Command ordered that all surviving Italians should be executed. Some 5,000 were executed during a week of killings. A handful were rescued by locals and the Greek guerrilla, while the rest were shipped off as prisoners, whereof 3,000 drowned when their ships hit mines. The film "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" is based on a novel about the Italian occupation of Cefalonia, but the massacre was much toned down in the Hollywood version.

6.8

Stalag Luft

Oct 27, 1993

Few wartime prisoners have attempted escape quite as many times as bumbling RAF Officer James Forrester. Though Officer Forrester has twenty-three escape attempts to his name, each successive attempt he makes to break free somehow seems to go worse than the last. But this time there's a difference, because Officer Forrester isn't just plotting his own escape, but the escape of all 327 of his fellow prisoners as well - and all at once. In fact even the Germans want to escape!

5.8

Curtiz

Sep 12, 2019

Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.

6.0

Possibility Zero

May 17, 1969

Set in Norway and has a crack team of Allies sent to blow up an underground Nazi factory where the Germans have taken a crashed Spitfire that contains a new radar system that the krauts want to copy.

6.4

Until They Sail

Oct 8, 1957

Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.

8.0

Dénoncer sous l'Occupation

Mar 7, 2012

No overview available.

5.8

Ouzeri Tsitsanis

Dec 3, 2015

During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.

5.1

Don't Go Near the Water

Nov 14, 1957

Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.

5.9

Battle of the Bulge: Winter War

Nov 6, 2020

Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers must defend a vital supply depot from being captured by attacking German soldiers.

4.4

South Sea Woman

Jun 27, 1953

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.

6.7

Sophie and the Rising Sun

Jan 27, 2016

In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.

5.5

15 Lads

Jan 5, 2011

Summer 1944, France. Racine is a carefree 19-year-old first-aid worker, his secret desire is to be able to sleep with Isabelle, the girl he's in love with. One evening they are about to take the plunge, but a resistance fighter comes to ask for help. Racine goes up to the maquis to impress the young girl and joins a group of fifteen immature boys. But up there, nothing goes as planned. The war catches up with them, brutally marking the end of an innocence and Racine finds himself caught in the crossfire.

7.9

Simone: Woman of the Century

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Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist message still keenly relevant today.

5.7

Wings for the Eagle

Jul 18, 1942

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

7.1

Diamonds of the Night

Sep 25, 1964

Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Beyond themes of war and anti-Nazism, the film concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.