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Wake Island (1942)

Wake Island

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1h 27m

Action, Drama, War

May 22nd, 1953

6.7/10

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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.

2 wins and 2 nominations

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Cast

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
Bill Goodwin
Sgt. Higbee
Damian O'Flynn
Capt. Bill Patrick
Full cast & crew

Directors

John Farrow
Full cast & crew

Producers

Buddy G. DeSylva
executive producer
(uncredited)
Joseph Sistrom
producer
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Writers

W.R. Burnett
(screenplay) and
Frank Butler
screenplay
W.R. Burnett
story
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Tougher than Leather . . . Harder to Kill! Daring Americans Fighting Against All Odds!
Leathernecks . . writing another glorious chapter of purposeful courage in America's history!
It's raining steel...but they take it!
All Taglines

Keywords

battle
jungle
battlefield
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English
Japanese

Release Dates

May 22nd, 1953 (Denmark)
May 21st, 1944 (Finland)
September 12th, 1945 (France)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Wake Island (original title)
Heldenlegioen (Belgium) (Flemish title)
Nossos Mortos Serão Vingados (Brazil)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Coachella Valley, California, USA
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (air scenes of Japanese attack planes)
All Locations

Running Times

87 min
88 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Paramount
Paramount Pictures (Afghanistan)

Distribution Companies

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Canada)
Elephant Films (France) (HD release) (Blu Ray premiere)
Paramount Pictures (Norway)
All Distribution Companies

Other Companies

Deluxe Digital Studios (DVD transfer)
United States Marine Corps (from the records of) (as The United States Marine Corps)
KO Creative (India) (package design and layout)

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