Wake Island (1942)

87 min · Drama, War Film, action film, propaganda film, war film

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Directors

John Farrow

Cast

Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Jay Rasumny, Frank Albertson, Bill Goodwin, Rod Cameron, Damian O'Flynn, William Forrest, Angelo Cruz, Jack Chapin, Barbara Britton

The story

A map is shown with a voiceover giving a brief history of the United States military on Wake Island to November 1941. U.S. Marine Corps Major Geoffrey Caton departs Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii aboard the Pan American Clipper to take command on Wake Island where he clashes with a military contractor named McClosky.

Catalogue themes and tags

American soldier, Assault, Battle Assignment, Defence, Inseln, Invasion, Japanese, Japanese Army, Pacific War, US Navy, US-Amerikanerin, War, Black-and-white, Action/Adventure, Propaganda film, War film, Drama, Action, Combat Films

Genres

Drama, War Film, action film, propaganda film, war film

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