"The glory, the suspense, the spectacular drama of the men who won the most decisive naval battle in our history!"

1976

2h 12m

6.6(303 votes)

Action

Drama

History

War

Overview

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

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Cast & Crew

46 members

Acting

Charlton Heston

Capt. Matthew Garth

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Henry Fonda

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

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James Coburn

Capt. Vinton Maddox

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Glenn Ford

Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

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Hal Holbrook

Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort

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Robert Mitchum

Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.

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三船敏郎

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

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Cliff Robertson

Cmdr. Jessop

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Robert Wagner

Lt.Cmdr. Blake

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Robert Webber

Admiral Jack Fletcher

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James Shigeta

Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

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Pat Morita

Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka

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John Fujioka

Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

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Ed Nelson

Admiral Harry Pearson

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Christopher George

Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky

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Erik Estrada

Pilot "Chili Bean" Ramos

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Tom Selleck

Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard

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Robert Ito

Cmdr. Minoru Genda

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Christina Kokubo

Haruko Sakura

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Susan Sullivan

Ann (TV Version)

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Larry Pennell

Captain Cyril Simard

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Monte Markham

Commander Max Leslie

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Biff McGuire

Captain Miles Browning

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Kevin Dobson

Ensign George Gay

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Glenn Corbett

Lieutenant Commander John Waldron

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Gregory Walcott

Captain Elliott Buckmaster

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Edward Albert

Lieutenant Tom Garth

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Dale Ishimoto

Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya

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Dabney Coleman

Captain Murray Arnold

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Clyde Kusatsu

Cmdr. Watanabe

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Phillip R. Allen

Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach

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Sab Shimono

Lt. Tomonaga

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Conrad Yama

Adm. Nobutake Kondo

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Acting

Yuki Shimoda

Officer Aboard Carrier Hiryu

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Seth Sakai

Capt. Kameto Kuroshima

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Kurt Grayson

Maj. Floyd 'Red' Parks

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Alfie Wise

Chief Radioman Horace F. Dobbs

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John Bennett Perry

ARM1c Walter G. Chochalousek

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Steve Kanaly

Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. "Lem" Massey

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Kip Niven

Lt. Howard P. Ady, PBY Pilot

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Dennis Rucker

Ens. Manson

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Michael Richardson

Lt. Woll - Aide to Adm. Nimitz

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James Ingersoll

Pilot, PBY 'Strawberry 12'

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Larry Csonka

Cmdr. Delaney (uncredited)

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Mitchell Ryan

RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)

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Lloyd Kino

Capt. Aoki (uncredited)

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