Wake Island

IMDb link: 0035530
IMDb rating: 6.6 (2,487 votes)
Genres: Action, Drama, War
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey and others

Release date: 11 Aug 1942
Release year: 1942
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: heroic military, propaganda, main characters killed off, year 1941, reference to franklin d. roosevelt, reference to hirohito, day of infamy, japanese army, japan country flag, reprisal coming

Plot:

In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men's tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes everything. Soon the island is attacked and the Marines pull together day by day; but how long can they hold out?

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