Wake Island (1942)

1942 · 87 min · War, Action, Drama

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.

Directed by John Farrow. Starring Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix and Albert Dekker.

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