---
title: 'Wake Island (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Farrow'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wake-island-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035530/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wake Island (1942)

1942 · 87 min · Action, War · United States


## Synopsis

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. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow)
- **Screenplay:** [W. R. Burnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-r-burnett), [Frank Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-butler)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Buttolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-buttolph)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Sistrom](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-sistrom)
- **Director of Photography:** [Theodor Sparkuhl](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-sparkuhl), [William C. Mellor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-c-mellor)
- **Editor:** [Frank Bracht](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-bracht)

## Cast

- [Brian Donlevy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-donlevy)
- [Walter Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-abel)
- [Chuck Connors](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-connors)
- [William Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-forrest)
- [Hugh Beaumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-beaumont)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)
- [James Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-brown)
- [Edward Earle](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-earle)
- [Robert Carson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-carson)
- [Bill Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-goodwin)
- [Macdonald Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/macdonald-carey)
- [George Magrill](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-magrill)
- [Barbara Britton](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-britton)
- [Mikhail Rasumny](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-rasumny)
- [Rod Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-cameron)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/wake-island-1942
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