“Wake Island” is an action war film telling the story of the Japanese attack on the U. S. military outpost there following the Dec. 7, 1941, strike on Pearl Harbor. Director John Farrow (“A Bill of Divorcement” 1940) put together a well-paced film which maintains a good balance between battle scenes and personal stories. The movie served as a morale booster for the general population in a war effort that would last four years.
The stars of the show include Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Rod Cameron, Bill Goodwin, Frank Albertson, and Philip Van Zandt. “Wake Island” was the seventh highest grossing film of 1942 for Paramount Pictures. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Bendix), and Best Original Screenplay (W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler).
Wake Island (1942)
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“Wake Island” is an action war film telling the story of the Japanese attack on the U. S. military outpost there following the Dec. 7, 1941, strike on Pearl Harbor. Director John Farrow (“A Bill of Divorcement” 1940) put together a well-paced film which maintains a good balance between battle scenes and personal stories. The movie served as a morale booster for the general population in a war effort that would last four years.
The stars of the show include Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Rod Cameron, Bill Goodwin, Frank Albertson, and Philip Van Zandt. “Wake Island” was the seventh highest grossing film of 1942 for Paramount Pictures. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Bendix), and Best Original Screenplay (W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler).