The Outsider (1961)

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This is an uneven melodrama on the tragic life of Pima Indian Ira Hayes, one of the men who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima. The story picks up with Hayes (Tony Curtis) leaving his reservation in Arizona to join the Marines, enter boot camp, and start to adapt to the life of a Marine. Hayes becomes good friends with Sorenson (James Franciscus), and it is this friendship that sustains him in a white man's world. But as time goes by and the moment immortalized on Iwo Jima ends, Hayes goes into a decline, being unconvinced there was any heroism involved in his actions during the war and never being able to adjust to civilian life. At this point in time, no one recognized the afflictions common to all soldiers after long years in battle, and the death of Sorenson is blamed for Hayes' downfall. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Starring:: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, (more)

Director(s):: Delbert Mann

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Synopsis of The Outsider

Complete Cast of The Outsider

Tony Curtis - Ira Hamilton Hayes
Bruce Bennett - Maj. Gen. Bridges
Vivian Nathan - Mrs. Nancy Hayes
Paul Comi - Sgt. Boyle
Wayne Heffley - Corporal Johnson
Jeff Silver - Mr. McGruder
Forrest Compton - Bradley
Ted Bessel - Kid
John War Eagle - Mr. Goode
Sue Ane Langdon
Vince Edwards - George
Gertrude Michael - Clubwoman
Lynda Day George - Kim
Miriam Colon - Anita

James Franciscus - Jim Sorenson
Gregory Walcott - Sgt. Kiley
Edmund Hashim - Jay Morago
Stanley Adams - Noomie the Bartender
Ralph Moody - Uncle
James Beck - Tyler
Mary Patton - Chairlady
Constance Cummings
Riley Hill - Delivery Man
Charles Stevens - Joseph Hayes
Kathleen Mulqueen - Mrs. Sorenson
Walter Woolf King - Civilian
Ray Daley - Gagnon

Director(s):: Delbert Mann

Writer(s):: Stewart Stern

Producer(s):: Sy Bartlett

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	Michael S.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

I have been looking for this movie everywhere with no luck.Now that the movie "Flags of our Fathers" is due out in theaters and Ira Hayes plays a major part I would like to see this movie again.I seen this movie when I was a teenager and it left an impression on me.I would appreciate if Block Buster would make it a rental or a movie to buy.

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	Charles C.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

This is a grate storie about the battle for Iwo Jima could you please put it on your rental list