film "Sands of Iwo Jima"

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"Sands of Iwo Jima" is a 1949 World War II drama film starring John Wayne as a tough Marine sergeant training troops for the pivotal Battle of Iwo Jima.

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film "Sands of Iwo Jima" canonical 1
film Sands of Iwo Jima 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film
film
war film
basedOn original screenplay
characterPortrayedBy Sgt. John M. Stryker – John Wayne
cinematography Reggie Lanning
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Allan Dwan
distributor Republic Pictures
editedBy Richard L. Van Enger NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Camp Pendleton, California
surface form: Camp Pendleton
format black-and-white
genre drama
war
hasSubject Battle of Iwo Jima
United States Marines training
hasTheme combat leadership
military training
language English
leadActor John Wayne
mainCharacter Sgt. John M. Stryker
militaryBranchFeatured United States Marine Corps
musicBy Victor Young
narrativeLocation Iwo Jima
Pacific Theater of Operations
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
portrays Battle of Iwo Jima
United States Marine Corps
producer Edmund Grainger
productionCompany Republic Pictures
publicationDate 1949
releaseDate December 14, 1949
releaseYear 1949
runtime approximately 100 minutes
screenwriter Harry Brown
James Edward Grant
setInPeriod World War II
starring Adele Mara
Forrest Tucker
James Brown
John Agar
John Wayne
Carol Hughes
surface form: Julie Bishop

Richard Jaeckel
Wally Cassell
titleCharacterRank Sergeant

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Iwo Jima memorializedIn film "Sands of Iwo Jima"
United States flag raising associatedWork film "Sands of Iwo Jima"
this entity surface form: film Sands of Iwo Jima