Wake Island

August. 11,1942      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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