Movie

Flags of Our Fathers

Released: October 19, 2006 (2006)

Runtime: 135 minutes

Genres: War, Drama, History

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Robert Patrick as Colonel Chandler Johnson
Age at release: 47
John Slattery as Bud Gerber
Age at release: 44
John Benjamin Hickey as Keyes Beech
Age at release: 43
Neal McDonough as Captain Severance
Age at release: 40
Barry Pepper as Mike Strank
Age at release: 36
Adam Beach as Ira Hayes
Age at release: 33
Paul Walker as Hank Hansen
Age at release: 33
Ryan Phillippe as John 'Doc' Bradley
Age at release: 32
Jesse Bradford as Rene Gagnon
Age at release: 27
Jamie Bell as Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Age at release: 20

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George Grizzard as John Bradley
Age at release: 78
Harve Presnell as Dave Severance
Age at release: 73
George Hearn as Walter Gust
Age at release: 72
Len Cariou as Mr. Beech
Age at release: 67
Mary Beth Peil as Mrs. Bradley
Age at release: 66
Christopher Curry as Ed Block
Age at release: 57
Beth Grant as Mother Gagnon
Age at release: 57
Judith Ivey as Belle Block
Age at release: 55
Connie Ray as Mrs. Sousley
Age at release: 53
Ann Dowd as Mrs. Strank
Age at release: 50
Tom McCarthy as James Bradley
Age at release: 40
Chris Bauer as Commandant Vandegrift
Age at release: 39
Melanie Lynskey as Pauline Harnois
Age at release: 29
Stark Sands as Gust
Age at release: 28
Benjamin Walker as Harlon Block
Age at release: 24
Joseph Cross as Franklin Sousley
Age at release: 20
Scott Eastwood as Lundsford
Age at release: 20
Bubba Lewis as Belle's Young Son
Age at release: 17
Myra Turley as Madeline Evelley
Age at release: Unknown
Alessandro Mastrobuono as Lindberg
Age at release: Unknown