SYNOPSIS
Marine sergeant John Stryker seems a martinet and a bully as he trains young Marines for combat in the Pacific war. In the end, as survival in the bloody battle of Iwo Jima depends on the lessons Stryker has drilled into them, his troops discover why he was so hard on them.
- John WayneSgt. John M. Stryker
- John AgarPfc. Peter Conway
- Adele MaraAllison Bromley
- Forrest TuckerPfc. Al Thomas
- Wally CassellPfc. Benny Regazzi
- James BrownPfc. Charlie Bass
- Richard WebbPfc. 'Handsome' Dan Shipley
- Arthur FranzCpl. Robert Dunne / Narrator
- Julie BishopMary
- James HoldenPfc. Soames
- Peter CoePfc. George Hellenpolis
- Richard JaeckelPfc. Frank Flynn
- William MurphyPfc. Eddie Flynn
- George TynePfc. Harris
- Hal BaylorPvt. 'Sky' Choynski
- John McGuireCapt. Joyce
- Martin MilnerPvt. Mike McHugh
- Leonard GumleyPvt. Sid Stein
- William SelfPvt. L.D. Fowler Jr.
- David M. ShoupCol. D. M. Shoup
- H.P. CroweLt. Col. H.P. Crowe
- Harold G. SchrierCapt. Harold G. Schrier
- Rene A. GagnonPfc Rene A Gagnon
- Ira H. HayesPfc Ira H. Hayes
- John H. BradleyPM3 / c John H. Bradley