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The Outsider

The Outsider

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 27, 1961

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Outsider

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Director

Delbert Mann

Description

Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends. They happen to be two of the six marines captured in the famous photograph of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima, but Sorenson is killed soon after. Although he is hailed as a hero, Ira's life begins to spiral out of control after the war.