"One of the greatest heroes in American history never fired a bullet."

2016

2h 19m

8.2(14198 votes)

Drama

History

War

Overview

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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94 members

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Andrew Garfield

Desmond T. Doss

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Sam Worthington

Captain Glover

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Vince Vaughn

Sgt Howell

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Teresa Palmer

Dorothy Schuttle

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Luke Bracey

Smitty Ryker

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Hugo Weaving

Tom Doss

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Rachel Griffiths

Bertha Doss

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Ryan Corr

Lieutenant Manville

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Richard Roxburgh

Colonel Stelzer

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Goran D. Kleut

Andy 'Ghoul' Walker

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Luke Pegler

Milt 'Hollywood' Zane

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Firass Dirani

Vito Rinnelli

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Michael Sheasby

Tex Lewis

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Nathaniel Buzolic

Harold "Hal" Doss

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Ori Pfeffer

Irv Schecter

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Matt Nable

Lt. Cooney

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Jacob Warner

James Pinnick

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Richard Pyros

Randall "Teach" Fuller

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Ben Mingay

Grease Nolan

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Harry Greenwood

Henry Brown

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Damien Thomlinson

Ralph Morgan

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Robert Morgan

Colonel Sangston

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Milo Gibson

Lucky Ford

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John Batziolas

Rescued Private Schulenburg

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Charles Jacobs

Private Webb

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Ben O'Toole

Corporal Jessop

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James Lugton

Hiker

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Kasia Stelmach

Hiker's Friend

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Tim McGarry

Local Man

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Tyler Coppin

Lynchburg Doctor

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Dennis Kreusler

Sergeant Amos

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Nico Cortez

Wal Kirzinski

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Helmut Bakaitis

Minister

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Bill Young

General Musgrove

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Benedict Hardie

Captain Daniels

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Darcy Bryce

Young Desmond

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Philip Quast

Judge

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James Mackay

Prosecutor

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Sam Parsonson

96th Soldier Bob

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James O'Connell

96th Soldier Page

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Sean Lynch

Popeye

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Hayden Geens

Wounded Private Blake

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Tim Potter

Soldier Hank

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Santo Tripodi

Soldier Carl

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Nobuaki Shimamoto

Japanese Officer

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Laurence Brewer

Head Doctor

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Hiroshi Kasuga

Japanese Hanging Soldier

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Yuki Nagashima

Rescued Japanese Soldier

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Taki Abe

Japanese Sniper

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Taka Uematsu

Reacting Japanese Soldier #2

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Yoji Tatsuta

Japanese General

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Thomas Unger

Stretcher Bearer

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John Cannon

Corporal Cannon

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Georgia Adamson

Receptionist

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Andrew Sears

Private Maguire

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Jim Robison

Private Bates

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Nathan Baird

Private Green

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Samuel R. Wright

Private Dixon

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Mikael Koski

Private Giles

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Troy Pickering

Private Tyler

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James Moffett

Private Lewis

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Roman Guerriero

Young 'Hal' Doss

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Jarin Towney

Teenage Boy

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Richard Platt

Flirting Hospital Soldier

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Laura Buckton

Cinema Kissing Sweetheart

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Anthony Rizzo

Cinema Kissing Soldier

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Simon Edds

MP Gibbs

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Thatcher McMaster

Company B Soldier

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Production

Josh Dean Williams

Private Perry

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Andrew Hansch

Bugle Player

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Craig Reeves

Climbing Soldier

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Adrian Twigg

Soldier - Death Throes

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Luke McMahon

Stretcher Bearer

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Bill Thompson

Wounded Soldier

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William Takayanagi-Temm

Firing Japanese Soldier #1

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Kazuaki Ono

Firing Japanese Soldier #2

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Eric Taugherbeck

Wounded Private O'Conner

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Ned Law

Rescued Private Horvath

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Kazuki Yuyama

Corpse with Rats #2

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Daisaku Takeda

Corpse With Rats #3

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Raphael Sikic

Corpse with Rats #4

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Ryuzaburo Naruse

Injured Japanese in Tunnel

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Adam Bowes

Rescued Wounded Leg Soldier

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Michael Hennessy

Rescued Private Moran

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Benjamin McCann

Rescued Private Saareste

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Daniel Thone

Stretcher Bearer

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Nathan Halls

Private Tillson

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Nicholas Cowey

Private Gregan

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Charles Upton

Scared Military Officer

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Toshiyuki Teramoto

Surrendering Soldier

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Honsen Haga

Japanese General's Assistant

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Crew

Milan Pulvermacher

Billy Bob (uncredited)

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Yasushi Asaya

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

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Jeremy Costello

96th Battalion G.I (uncredited)

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