The Outsider (1961)
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Synopsis of The Outsider
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, All Movie Guide
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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