The Outsider

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Delbert Mann

Writers

William Bradford Huie, Stewart Stern

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

27 December 1961

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Tony Curtis

  Ira Hamilton Hayes

• 

  James Franciscus

  Pvt. James B. Sorenson

• 

  Gregory Walcott

  Sgt. Kiley

• 

  Bruce Bennett

  Gen. Bridges

• 

  Vivian Nathan

  Nancy Hayes

• Jeffrey Silver

  McGruder

• 

  Edmund Hashim

  Jay Morago

• 

  Paul Comi

  Sgt. Boyle

• 

  Stanley Adams

  Noomie

• 

  Wayne Heffley

  Cpl. Johnson

• 

  Ralph Moody

  Uncle

• James Beck

  Tyler