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.
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
