Wake Island1942
Leathernecks... writing another glorious chapter of purposeful courage in America's history!
Director
Screenplay
Frank Butler, W.R. Burnett
Actors
Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Bill Goodwin, Frank Albertson, Hugh Beaumont, Russ Clark, William Forrest, Willard Robertson
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 87 Minutes
Genres
About the film
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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