Wake Island (1942)
Leathernecks... writing another glorious chapter of purposeful courage in America's history!
88 min
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.
- Release date
- August 11, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Brian Donlevy as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
- Robert Preston as Pvt. Joe Doyle
- Macdonald Carey as Lt. Bruce Cameron
- 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
- Bill Goodwin as Narrator
- Damian O'Flynn as Capt. Bill Patrick
Crew
- John Farrow · Director
- W.R. Burnett · Writer
- Frank Butler · Writer
- David Buttolph · Composer
- William C. Mellor · Cinematographer
- Theodor Sparkuhl · Cinematographer
- Frank Bracht · Editor
- LeRoy Stone · Editor