Eight Iron Men

Eight Iron Men
Mary Castle on poster
Directed byEdward Dmytryk
Screenplay byHarry Brown
Based onA Sound of Hunting
1945 play
by Harry Brown
Produced byStanley Kramer
StarringBonar Colleano
Arthur Franz
Lee Marvin
Richard Kiley
Mary Castle
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Edited byAaron Stell, Harry W. Gerstad
Music byLeith Stevens
Production
company
Stanley Kramer Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 1952 (1952-12)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Eight Iron Men is a 1952 American World War II drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Stanley Kramer. It stars Bonar Colleano, Arthur Franz, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley and Mary Castle. Lee Marvin's plays the squad's leader in Dmytryk's noir style film with J. Roy Hunt's cinematography.

The screenplay by Harry Brown was based on his 1945 play A Sound of Hunting, which had featured Sam Levene, Frank Lovejoy and Burt Lancaster during its short run on Broadway from November 20 to December 8, 1945. "Burton" Lancaster had played Sgt. Mooney, Lee Marvin's role in the original play, Sam Levene played Pvt. Colluci and Frank Lovejoy played PFC Coke.