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  1. The film tells the story of the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Wake Island was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture.

  2. Wake Island: Directed by John Farrow. With Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix. December, 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.

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    • Action, Drama, War
    • John Farrow
    • 1942-08-11
  3. Wake Island was the first WWII movie to be based on an actual battle - one which America lost. Wake Island was being used by the U.S. as a refueling station, and after being bombed, Japanese battleships and Marines soon arrived.

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  5. Oct 13, 2014 · 47K views 9 years ago. Wake Island Trailer 1942 Director: John Farrow Starring: Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, William Bendix, MacDonald Carey, Albert Dekker, ...more.

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  6. Synopsis In the weeks before the Pearl Harbor attack, the Marines stationed on Wake Island have grown accustomed to a leisurely attitude. All that changes when newly appointed Maj. Geoffrey...

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    • Brian Donlevy
    • John Farrow
    • War
  7. Synopsis. A map is shown with a voice-over giving a brief history of the United States military on Wake Island to November 1941. U.S. Marine Corps Major Geoffrey Caton departs Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii aboard the Pan American Clipper to take over command on Wake Island.

  8. Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, and William Bendix.

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