Wake Island

Wake Island (1942)

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  • Genre: War, Action, Drama
  • Release Date: 1942-08-11
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 24 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John Farrow
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Summary

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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  • 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)
  • Hugh Beaumont

    as Captain (uncredited)
  • Barbara Britton

    as Sally Cameron (uncredited)
  • Hillary Brooke

    as Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
  • James Brown

    as Wounded Marine (uncredited)
  • Robert Carson

    as Marine (uncredited)
  • Don Castle

    as Pvt. Cunkle (uncredited)
  • Luke Chan

    as Japanese Admiral (uncredited)
  • Spencer Chan

    as Japanese Captain (uncredited)
  • Jack Chapin

    as Squeaky Simpkins (uncredited)
  • Dane Clark

    as Sparks (uncredited)
  • Russ Clark

    as Sergeant Major (uncredited)
  • Max Cole

    as Marine Pilot (uncredited)
  • Angelo Cruz

    as Rodrigo (uncredited)
  • Lester Dorr

    as Marine in Trench (uncredited)
  • Edward Earle

    as Commander (uncredited)
  • Frank Faylen

    as
  • Mary Field

    as
  • William Forrest

    as
  • Paul Fung

    as
  • Edmund Glover

    as
  • Fred Graham

    as
  • Alan Hale Jr.

    as
  • Sam Hayes

    as
  • Mitchell Ingraham

    as
  • Jerry Jerome

    as
  • Marvin Jones

    as
  • Pete G. Katchenaro

    as
  • Mike Lally

    as
  • Tommy Lee

    as
  • James B. Leong

    as
  • Richard Loo

    as
  • George Magrill

    as
  • Patti McCarty

    as
  • Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

    as
  • Ivan Miller

    as
  • James Millican

    as
  • Jack Mulhall

    as
  • Anthony Nace

    as
  • Mike Ragan

    as
  • Joey Ray

    as
  • Keith Richards

    as
  • Willard Robertson

    as
  • Rudy Robles

    as
  • Jack Shea

    as
  • John Sheehan

    as
  • Phillip Terry

    as
  • Charles Trowbridge

    as
  • Philip Van Zandt

    as
  • Billy Wilkerson

    as
  • Bruce Wong

    as
  • Victor Wong

    as
  • Charles Flynn

    as Marine Pilot
Art Bertram C. Granger Set Decoration
Camera Theodor Sparkuhl Director of Photography
Camera William C. Mellor Director of Photography
Editing Frank Bracht Editor
Editing LeRoy Stone Editor
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Directing John Farrow Director
Production Buddy G. DeSylva Executive Producer
Production Joseph Sistrom Producer
Crew Sloan Nibley Additional Writing
Sound David Buttolph Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
Writing W.R. Burnett Story
Crew Lawrence Hazard Additional Writing
Art A. Earl Hedrick Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Robert Ewing Makeup Artist
Writing Frank Butler Screenplay
Writing W.R. Burnett Screenplay
Production Ed Ralph Assistant Production Manager
Lighting Warren Hoag Electrician
Camera Mike Semenario Grip

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