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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.
Brian Donlevy Macdonald Carey Robert Preston William Bendix Albert Dekker Walter Abel Mikhail Rasumny Rod Cameron Bill Goodwin Damian O'Flynn Frank Albertson Joyce Arleen Hugh Beaumont Barbara Britton Hillary Brooke James Brown Robert Carson Don Castle Luke Chan Spencer Chan Jack Chapin Dane Clark Russ Clark Max Cole Angelo Cruz Lester Dorr Edward Earle Frank Faylen Mary Field Charles Flynn William Forrest Paul Fung Edmund Glover Fred Graham Alan Hale Jr. Sam Hayes Mitchell Ingraham Jerry Jerome Marvin Jones Pete G. Katchenaro Mike Lally Tommy Lee James B. Leong Richard Loo George Magrill Patti McCarty Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart Ivan Miller James Millican Jack Mulhall Anthony Nace Mike Ragan Joey Ray Keith Richards Willard Robertson Rudy Robles Jack Shea John Sheehan Phillip Terry Charles Trowbridge Philip Van Zandt Billy Wilkerson Bruce Wong Victor Wong
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