"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
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)
Robert Carson
as Marine (uncredited)
Don Castle
as Pvt. Cunkle (uncredited)
Luke Chan
as Japanese Admiral (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
as Japanese Captain (uncredited)
Jack Chapin
as Squeaky Simpkins (uncredited)
Dane Clark
as Sparks (uncredited)
Russ Clark
as Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Max Cole
as Marine Pilot (uncredited)
Angelo Cruz
as Rodrigo (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Marine in Trench (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Commander (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
as
Mary Field
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
Charles Flynn
as Marine Pilot
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
LeRoy Stone
Editor
William C. Mellor
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Frank Bracht
John Farrow
Director
Frank Butler
Screenplay
W.R. Burnett
Ed Ralph
Assistant Production Manager
Joseph Sistrom
Producer
A. Earl Hedrick
Lawrence Hazard
Additional Writing
Robert Ewing
Makeup Artist
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Sloan Nibley
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Story
Wally Westmore
Warren Hoag
Electrician
Mike Semenario
Grip