Aug 11, 1942
87 min
Full-HD

Wake Island (1942)

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.

Category

War Action Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Paramount Pictures

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

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