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… More 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
- Directed By
- Delbert Mann
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 1, 1961 Wide
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Cast
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Tony Curtis
as Ira Hamilton Hayes
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James Franciscus
as Jim Sorenson
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Bruce Bennett
as Maj. Gen. Bridges
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Gregory Walcott
as Sgt. Kiley
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Vivian Nathan
as Mrs. Nancy Hayes
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Edmund Hashim
as Jay Morago
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Paul Comi
as Sgt. Boyle
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Stanley Adams
as Noomie the Bartender
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Wayne Heffley
as Corporal Johnson
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Ralph Moody
as Uncle
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Jeff Silver
as Mr. McGruder
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James Beck
as Tyler
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Forrest Compton
as Bradley
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Mary Patton
as Chairlady
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Ted Bessel
as Kid
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Miriam Colon
as Anita
- Constance Cummings
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Ray Daley
as Gagnon
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John War Eagle
as Mr. Goode
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Lynda Day George
as Kim
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Riley Hill
as Delivery Man
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Walter Woolf King
as Civilian
- Sue Ane Langdon
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Gertrude Michael
as Clubwoman
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Kathleen Mulqueen
as Mrs. Sorenson
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Charles Stevens
as Joseph Hayes
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Vince Edwards
as George
