"Leathernecks... writing another glorious chapter of purposeful courage in America's history!" 11 August 1942 Drama, Action, War 87 mins
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.
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Brian Donlevy as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
Macdonald Carey as Lt. Bruce Cameron
Robert Preston as Pvt. Joe Doyle
William Bendix as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Albert Dekker as Shad McClosky
Walter Abel as Cmdr. Roberts
Mikhail Rasumny as Ivan Probenzky
Rod Cameron as Capt. Pete Lewis
Bill Goodwin as Sgt. Higbee / Narrator (voice)
Damian O'Flynn as Capt. Bill Patrick
Frank Albertson as Johnny Rudd
Joyce Arleen as Cynthia Caton (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont as Captain (uncredited)
Barbara Britton as Sally Cameron (uncredited)
Hillary Brooke as Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
James Brown as Wounded Marine (uncredited)
Bertram C. Granger Set Decoration
Theodor Sparkuhl Director of Photography
William C. Mellor Director of Photography
Frank Bracht Editor
LeRoy Stone Editor
Hans Dreier Art Direction
John Farrow Director
Buddy G. DeSylva Executive Producer
Joseph Sistrom Producer
Sloan Nibley Additional Writing
David Buttolph Original Music Composer
Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
W.R. Burnett Story
Lawrence Hazard Additional Writing
A. Earl Hedrick Art Direction
Robert Ewing Makeup Artist
United States 11 August 1942
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