Flags of Our Fathers
War, Drama, History, 2006
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
Top cast:
Ryan Phillippe
John 'Doc' Bradley
Adam Beach
Corporal Ira Hayes
Jesse Bradford
Corporal Rene Gagnon
John Benjamin Hickey
Sergeant Keyes Beech
John Slattery
Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper
Sergeant Mike Strank
Jamie Bell
Private Ralph Ignatowski
Paul Walker
Sergeant Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick
Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough
Captain Dave Severance
Melanie Lynskey
Pauline Harnois Gagnon
Tom McCarthy
James Bradley
Chris Bauer
General Alexander Vandegrift
Gordon Clapp
General Holland Smith
Judith Ivey
Belle Block
Joseph Cross
Private Franklin Sousley
Benjamin Walker
Harlon Block
Stark Sands
Gust
Ann Dowd
Mrs. Strank
Beth Grant
Mother Gagnon
Brian Kimmet
Sergeant Boots Thomas
Jason Gray-Stanford
Lieutenant Harold Schrier
David Rasche
Senator
Beth Tapper
Bar Car Beauty
Scott Eastwood
Lundsford
Michael Cumpsty
Secretary Forrestal
David Patrick Kelly
President Harry S. Truman
Jon Polito
Borough President
Jayma Mays
Nurse in Hawaii
Len Cariou
Mr. Beech
David Clennon
White House Official
Jeremiah Bitsui
Young Indian
Sean Moran
Waiter
