Wake Island Movie Review 1942

After Pearl Harbor, a small group of Marines face the onslaught of the Japanese fleet on a small Pacific Island. Although doomed, they hold their ground for 16 days. Exciting, realistic, and moving. The first film to capitalize on early "last stands" of WWII; also among the most popular war movies. Shown to soldiers in training camps with great morale-raising success.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, World War II, Asia, Pacific Islands

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett, Frank Butler

Cast

Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, MacDonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Rod Cameron, Barbara Britton, Mikhail Rasumny, Bill Goodwin, Damian O'Flynn, Frank Albertson, Hugh Beaumont, Hillary Brooke, James Brown, Don Castle, Frank Faylen, Mary Field, William Forrest, Alan Hale, Charles Trowbridge, Philip Van Zandt, Phillip Terry

Cinematography

William Mellor, Theodor Sparkuhl

Director

John Farrow

Music

David Buttolph

Other

Francis E. Merce

Producer

Joseph Sistrom, Paramount Pictures

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 1942: Director (Farrow).