Wake Island (1942)
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.
- Released
- 1942-08-11
- Genres
- War, Action, Drama
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Farrow, W.R. Burnett, Frank Butler
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 29 votes
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)
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