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- Sex & Nudity (3)
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- Profanity (2)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (8)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (2)
- Spoilers (3)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- A man and woman kiss after meeting and dancing.
- It is implied that a woman is a prostitute, but this can be missed by some viewers.
- A few women with low neck lines in a restaurant
Violence & Gore
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- Two brothers get into a fistfight, but are said to do so "twenty times a day." They fight a second time in a later scene. No blood or gore.
- Two soldiers are attacked by enemies, being stabbed and hit with the butt of rifles. One is later shown dead and the other is presumed to be captured and wounded.
- Three island battles. Some blood is seen (in the colorized version of this film the blood is red, but in the black and white version it is black). Many explosions and gun fights, and many men are shot.
- A Japanese troop is hit and stabbed several times by an American troop. No gore.
- John Wayne and Forrest Tucker have a fist fight.
- Wayne strikes a man on the cheek with the butt of his rifle.
- A training sequence in which soldiers practice hand to hand combat.
Profanity
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- Hell is used at least once or twice.
- The term "Jap" and "Nip" are used to describe the Japanese.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- A man is known to drink whiskey and get drunk.
- A shop front advertises free cigarettes to soldiers.
- A man smokes a cigar.
- Several soldiers mention they have been drinking whiskey.
- A man is so drunk he can barely walk.
- Men smoke cigarettes during a war battle.
- During a scene in a bar, many people smoke and drink whiskey.
- Drinking beer and smoking cigarettes and cigars.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The battle scenes are quite intense, and some may find them frightening. The many onscreen deaths are intense and somewhat frightening and realistic.
- Suggested MPAA Rating R: For Intense Sequences of War Violence, and for Strong Language Including Racial Epithets.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- Wayne is killed by an enemy sniper during the final battle.
- Wayne threatens to shoot one of his own men.
Profanity
- Stryker utters a faint f-word when he gets killed in the film's climactic sequence.
