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Wake Island

Release Year
1942
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Action
Drama
War
Directed By
John Farrow
Wake Island

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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Brian Donlevy

Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Macdonald Carey

Lt. Bruce Cameron

Robert Preston

Pvt. Joe Doyle

William Bendix

Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

Albert Dekker

Shad McClosky

Walter Abel

Cmdr. Roberts

Mikhail Rasumny

Ivan Probenzky

Rod Cameron

Capt. Pete Lewis

Bill Goodwin

Sgt. Higbee / Narrator (voice)

Damian O'Flynn

Capt. Bill Patrick

Joyce Arleen

Cynthia Caton (uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont

Captain (uncredited)

Crew

John Farrow

Director

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Frank Butler

Screenplay

William C. Mellor

Director of Photography

Theodor Sparkuhl

Director of Photography

David Buttolph

Original Music Composer

LeRoy Stone

Editor

Joseph Sistrom

Producer

W.R. Burnett

Story

Sloan Nibley

Additional Writing

Lawrence Hazard

Additional Writing

Mike Semenario

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