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Wake Island

film by Farrow [1942]

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  • In John Farrow: Films of the 1940s

    …at Paramount with the patriotic Wake Island (1942), starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, and William Bendix. It received an Academy Award nomination for best picture and earned Farrow his only nomination for best director. Other films set during World War II included Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) with Paul Muni;…

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