Wake Island
1942 · 1h 27m · Action, Drama, War · United States of America
Leathernecks... writing another glorious chapter of purposeful courage in America's history!
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 FarrowStory by
W.R. Burnett6.0Smart score
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infantryjapanjunglemarine corpspacific islandpacific theaterpearl harboru.s. navywake islandworld war ii
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