The Outsider

The Outsider

108 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 27, 1961

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.

The Outsider

108 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 27, 1961

The Outsider
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title The Outsider
Directors Delbert Mann
Writers William Bradford Huie, Stewart Stern

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

Ralph Moody

as Uncle

James Beck

as Tyler

Forrest Compton

as John Bradley

Pete Homer

as Mr. Alvarez

Mary Patton

as Chairlady

Vince Edwards

as George (uncredited)

Lynda Day George

as Kim (uncredited)