page_title: Sands of Iwo Jima
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Sands of Iwo Jima / Cast
caption_attribution_description: Major General Graves B. Erskine talks with John Wayne during the filming of Sands of Iwo Jima. From the Graves B. Erskine Collection (COLL/3065) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
context_page_description: Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, was written by Harry Brown and James Edward Grant, and directed by Allan Dwan. The picture was a Republic Pictures production.
  Sands of Iwo Jima premiered in San Francisco on December 14, 1949 and was eventually given a nationwide release on March 1, 1950. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Recording and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.
context_section_description: John Wayne as Sgt. John M. Stryker
  John Agar as PFC Peter T. "Pete" Conway
  Adele Mara as Allison Bromley
  Forrest Tucker as PFC Al J. Thomas
  Wally Cassell as PFC Benny A. Regazzi
  James Brown as PFC Charlie Bass
  Richard Webb as PFC "Handsome" Dan Shipley
  Arthur Franz as Corporal Robert C. Dunne/Narrator
  Julie Bishop as Mary (the bargirl)
  James Holden as PFC "Farmer" Soames
  Peter Coe as PFC George Hellenopolis
  Richard Jaeckel as PFC Frank Flynn
  William Murphy as PFC Eddie Flynn
  Martin Milner as Pvt Mike McHugh
  George Tyne as PFC Hart S. Harris
  Hal Baylor as Pvt J.E. "Ski" Choynski (credited as Hal Fieberling)
  Leonard Gumley as Pvt Sid Stein
  William Self as Pvt L.D. Fowler Jr.
  John McGuire as Captain Joyce
  Gil Herman as Lt. Baker (uncredited)
caption: General Graves B. Erskine (right), Col. David M. Shoup (center) and John Wayne (left) on the set. Erskine and Shoup were provided as technical advisors for the film by the U.S. Marine Corps. Shoup also appeared as himself in a cameo role.
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