Wake Island (1942)
August 11, 1942Release Date
Wake Island (1942)
August 11, 1942Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Brian Donlevy
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
Robert Preston
Pvt. Joe Doyle
Macdonald Carey
Lt. Bruce Cameron
Albert Dekker
Shad McClosky
William Bendix
Pvt. Aloysius K. 'Smacksie' Randall
Walter Abel
Cmdr. Roberts
John Farrow
Director
W.R. Burnett
Writer
Mikhail Rasumny
Ivan Probenzky
Frank Butler
Writer
Rod Cameron
Capt. Pete Lewis
Bill Goodwin
Sgt. Higbee / Narrator (voice)
Lawrence Hazard
Writer
Sloan Nibley
Writer
Damian O'Flynn
Capt. Bill Patrick
Frank Albertson
Johnny Rudd
David Buttolph
Composer
Joyce Arleen
Cynthia Caton (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
Captain (uncredited)
Barbara Britton
Sally Cameron (uncredited)
Hillary Brooke
Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
James Brown
Wounded Marine (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Marine (uncredited)
Don Castle
Pvt. Cunkle (uncredited)
Luke Chan
Japanese Admiral (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Japanese Captain (uncredited)
Jack Chapin
Squeaky Simpkins (uncredited)
Dane Clark
Sparks (uncredited)
Russ Clark
Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Max Cole
Marine Pilot (uncredited)
Angelo Cruz
Rodrigo (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Marine in Trench (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Commander (uncredited)
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
Frank Bracht
Editor
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
LeRoy Stone
Editor
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Robert Ewing
Makeup Artist
Ed Ralph
Assistant Production Manager
Mike Semenario
Grip
Warren Hoag
Electrician
Jack Mulhall
Phillip Terry
Charles Trowbridge
Philip Van Zandt
James Millican
Ivan Miller
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Patti McCarty
George Magrill
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 11, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsSan Diego · California, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, and William Bendix. The film tells the story of the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Wake Island was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture.The film shows how the Marines, after being pounded for days by Japanese aircraft, caught the Japanese invasion by complete surprise by unleashing a wall of fire that stopped the first attempt by the Japanese to land on the island. The next attack was successful in part because communications between the Marines had been cut, leading the Marine commander to believe his three hundred marines were being slaughtered by the over three thousand Japanese invaders. As a result of the fierce defense of the island and that a Japanese cruiser was sunk, Marines were beheaded on the way to Japan to work as slaves in the mines in Japan.