Movie · 2006
Flags of Our Fathers
“A single shot can end the war.”
Released 19 October 2006 135 min War / Drama / History More from 2006 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
George Grizzard
as John Bradley
George Hearn
as Walter Gust
Mary Beth Peil
as Mrs. Bradley
David Rasche
as Senator
Gordon Clapp
as General "Howlin' Mad" Smith
Christopher Curry
as Ed Block
Tom Mason
as John Tennack
Connie Ray
as Mrs. Sousley
Ann Dowd
as Mrs. Strank
Robert Patrick
as Colonel Chandler Johnson
John Slattery
as Bud Gerber
John Benjamin Hickey
as Keyes Beech
Neal McDonough
as Captain Severance
Tom McCarthy
as James Bradley
Barry Pepper
as Mike Strank
Adam Beach
as Ira Hayes
Paul Walker
as Hank Hansen
Ryan Phillippe
as John 'Doc' Bradley
Melanie Lynskey
as Pauline Harnois
Brian Kimmet
as Sergeant Boots Thomas
Stark Sands
as Gust
Jesse Bradford
as Rene Gagnon
Jamie Bell
as Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Joseph Cross
as Franklin Sousley
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The numbers
58years between the oldest and youngest billed
78George Grizzard — oldest on the call sheet
20Joseph Cross — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast