Wake Island (1942)

Name: Wake Island
Genre: War, Action, Drama
Released: 1942-08-11
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker

Leathernecks... writing another glorious chapter of purposeful courage in America's history!

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

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Released 1942-08-11 · 87 min · War, Action, Drama

Directed by John Farrow

Cast

Brian Donlevy as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
Macdonald Carey as Lt. Bruce Cameron
Robert Preston as Pvt. Joe Doyle
William Bendix as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Albert Dekker as Shad McClosky
Walter Abel as Cmdr. Roberts
Mikhail Rasumny as Ivan Probenzky
Rod Cameron as Capt. Pete Lewis
Bill Goodwin as Sgt. Higbee / Narrator (voice)
Damian O'Flynn as Capt. Bill Patrick
Frank Albertson as Johnny Rudd
Joyce Arleen as Cynthia Caton (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont as Captain (uncredited)
Barbara Britton as Sally Cameron (uncredited)
Hillary Brooke as Girl at the Inn (uncredited)