The Outsider

Year: 1961

Runtime: 108 mins

Language: English

Director: Delbert Mann

WarDrama

Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps and endures ridicule at boot camp, finding a friend only in fellow Marine Sorenson. Both become two of the six men immortalized in the iconic Iwo Jima flag‑raising photograph, though Sorenson is killed shortly afterward. Celebrated as a hero, Hayes struggles with the aftermath of war, his life spiraling into turmoil.

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