A as in Atoll

Originally posted by @handyandy
None makes the cut.

The two remaining islands have been in more than a few movies and TV films.

Somewhere like Iwo Jima?

Alcatraz
La Palma

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Somewhere like Iwo Jima?

No other vowel but A.

Originally posted by @kewpie
Alcatraz
La Palma

Yes to Alcatraz, no to La Palma.

One to go.

The last is by far the most famous.

Originally posted by @handyandy
No other vowel but A.

I meant famous for the same reason as Iwo Jima ...

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
I meant famous for the same reason as Iwo Jima ...

More famous for many reasons.

Originally posted by @handyandy
More famous for many reasons.

Tarawa Atoll ?

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Tarawa Atoll ?

No.

Originally posted by @handyandy
No.

Bugger ... I thought I'd nailed it!

If only Casablanca was an island.

Originally posted by @kewpie
If only Casablanca was an island.

It's a clue. A member of the cast of Casablanca (the movie) was born on the island in question.

Originally posted by @handyandy
It's a clue. A member of the cast of Casablanca (the movie) was born on the island in question.

I could kick myself.

Manhattan.

Originally posted by @kewpie
I could kick myself.

Manhattan.

Never heard of it.

Originally posted by @kewpie
I could kick myself.

Manhattan.

Bingo! Sometimes the most obvious is the hardest to find.

Well played.