Movie Description
Wake Island
(1942)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : John Farrow
- Producer : Joseph Sistrom
- Editor : LeRoy Stone,Frank Bracht
- Cast : Brian Donlevy,Macdonald Carey,Robert Preston,William Bendix,Albert Dekker,Walter Abel,Mikhail Rasumny,Rod Cameron,Bill Goodwin,Damian O'Flynn,Frank Albertson,Joyce Arleen,Hugh Beaumont,Barbara Britton,Hillary Brooke,James Brown,Robert Carson,Don Castle,Luke Chan,Spencer Chan,Jack Chapin,Dane Clark,Russ Clark,Max Cole,Angelo Cruz,Lester Dorr,Edward Earle,Frank Faylen,Mary Field,William Forrest,Paul Fung,Edmund Glover,Fred Graham,Alan Hale Jr.,Sam Hayes,Mitchell Ingraham,Jerry Jerome,Marvin Jones,Pete G. Katchenaro,Mike Lally,Tommy Lee,James B. Leong,Richard Loo,George Magrill,Patti McCarty,Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart,Ivan Miller,James Millican,Jack Mulhall,Anthony Nace,Mike Ragan,Joey Ray,Keith Richards,Willard Robertson,Rudy Robles,Jack Shea,John Sheehan,Phillip Terry,Charles Trowbridge,Philip Van Zandt,Billy Wilkerson,Bruce Wong,Victor Wong,Charles Flynn
Cast
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
Lt. Bruce Cameron
Pvt. Joe Doyle
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Shad McClosky
Cmdr. Roberts
Ivan Probenzky
Capt. Pete Lewis
Sgt. Higbee / Narrator (voice)
Capt. Bill Patrick
Johnny Rudd
Cynthia Caton (uncredited)
Captain (uncredited)
Sally Cameron (uncredited)
Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
Wounded Marine (uncredited)
Marine (uncredited)
Pvt. Cunkle (uncredited)
Japanese Admiral (uncredited)
Japanese Captain (uncredited)
Squeaky Simpkins (uncredited)
Sparks (uncredited)
Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Marine Pilot (uncredited)
Rodrigo (uncredited)
Marine in Trench (uncredited)
Commander (uncredited)
Marine Pilot
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Facts
Original TitleWake Island
Status Released
Release Information
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1942-08-11
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 27m
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures
Genres
- War
- Action
- Drama
