Sands of Iwo Jima

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Sands of Iwo Jima
Original film poster
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Harry Brown James Edward Grant
Produced by	Herbert Yates
Starring	John Wayne John Agar Forrest Tucker Adele Mara
Narrated by	Arthur Franz
Cinematography	Reggie Lanning
Edited by	Richard L. Van Enger
Music by	Victor Young
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	December 14, 1949 (1949-12-14) (San Francisco, premiere)
Running time	100 minutes 109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$4 million (US/Canada rentals)[1]

Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, was written by Harry Brown and James Edward Grant, and directed by Allan Dwan. The picture was a Republic Pictures production.

Sands of Iwo Jima was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (John Wayne), Best Film Editing, Best Sound Recording (Daniel J. Bloomberg) and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.^[2]