Director: Jack Smight

Writer: Donald S. Sanford

Music: John Williams

Producer: Walter Mirisch

Keywords: Action/Adventure, WWII, Pacific Theater

Docudrama-style dramatization of the Battle of Midway, performed by an all-star cast. Unfortunately burdened with a superfluous subplot in which Charlton Heston helps the interred family of his son's Japanese girlfriend. Much stock battle footage and comically bad models. Despite the flaws, a reasonable accurate telling of the turning point in the Pacific war.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Albert	Actor	20-Feb-1951	22-Sep-2006	Butterflies Are Free
James Coburn	Actor	31-Aug-1928	18-Nov-2002	Our Man Flint
Dabney Coleman	Actor	3-Jan-1932		Moustache from 9 To 5
Glenn Corbett	Actor	17-Aug-1930	16-Jan-1993	Lincoln Case on Route 66
Kevin Dobson	Actor	18-Mar-1943		Det. Crocker on Kojak
Erik Estrada	Actor	16-Mar-1949		Officer Francis Poncharello on CHiPs
Henry Fonda	Actor	16-May-1905	12-Aug-1982	12 Angry Men
Glenn Ford	Actor	1-May-1916	30-Aug-2006	Gilda, Blackboard Jungle
Christopher George	Actor	25-Feb-1929	28-Nov-1983	The Rat Patrol
Charlton Heston	Actor	4-Oct-1923	5-Apr-2008	The Ten Commandments
Hal Holbrook	Actor	17-Feb-1925		Mark Twain Tonight
Steve Kanaly	Actor	14-Mar-1946		Ray Krebbs on Dallas
Clyde Kusatsu	Actor	13-Sep-1948		Dr. Fushida on Island Son
Monte Markham	Actor	21-Jun-1935		The Second Hundred Years
Biff McGuire	Actor	25-Oct-1926		Serpico
Toshirô Mifune	Actor	1-Apr-1920	24-Dec-1997	Yojimbo
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
Pat Morita	Actor	28-Jun-1932	24-Nov-2005	Miyagi on Karate Kid
Ed Nelson	Actor	21-Dec-1928	10-Aug-2014	Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place
Larry Pennell	Actor	21-Feb-1928	28-Aug-2013	Ted McKeever on Ripcord
John Bennett Perry	Actor	4-Jan-1941		Fools Rush In
Cliff Robertson	Actor	9-Sep-1923	10-Sep-2011	Uncle Ben in Spider-Man
Tom Selleck	Actor	29-Jan-1945		Magnum, P.I.
James Shigeta	Actor	17-Jun-1933	28-Jul-2014	Flower Drum Song
Robert Wagner	Actor	10-Feb-1930		Jonathan Hart on Hart to Hart
Robert Webber	Actor	14-Oct-1924	19-May-1989	12 Angry Men

CAST

Starring
Charlton Heston	...   Capt. Matt Garth
Henry Fonda	...   Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Guest Stars
James Coburn	...   Capt. Vinton Maddox
Glenn Ford	...   Rear Adm. Raymond A. Spruance
Hal Holbrook	...   Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
Toshirô Mifune	...   Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
Robert Mitchum	...   Adm. William F. Halsey
Cliff Robertson	...   Cmdr. Carl Jessop
Robert Wagner	...   Lt. Cmdr. Ernest L. Blake
Co-Starring
Robert Webber	...   Rear Adm. Frank J. "Jack" Fletcher
Ed Nelson	...   Adm. Harry Pearson
James Shigeta	...   Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo
Christina Kokubo	...   Haruko Sakura
Monte Markham	...   Cmdr. Max Leslie
Biff McGuire	...   Capt. Miles Browning
Christopher George	...   Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky
Kevin Dobson	...   Ens. George Gay
Glenn Corbett	...   Lt. Cmdr. John Waldron
Gregory Walcott	...   Capt. Elliott Buckmaster
and
Edward Albert	...   Lt. Tom Garth
With
Pat Morita	...   Rear Adm. Kusaka
John Fujioka	...   Rear Adm. Yamaguchi
Dale Ishimoto	...   Vice Adm. Hosogaya
Dabney Coleman	...   Capt. Murray Arnold
Erik Estrada	...   Chili Bean
Larry Pennell	...   Capt. Simard
Clyde Kusatsu	...   Cmdr. Watanabe
Phillip R. Allen	...   Lt. Cmdr. Thach
Tom Selleck	...   Aide to Capt. Simard
Sab Shimono	...   Lt. Tomonaga
Conrad Yama	...   Adm. Kondo
Robert Ito	...
Yuki Shimoda	...
Seth Sakai	...
Kurt Grayson	...
Alfie Wise	...
Beeson Carroll	...
John Bennett Perry	...
Steve Kanaly	...   Lt. Cmdr. Massey
Kip Niven	...
Dennis Rucker	...
Michael Richardson	...
James Ingersoll	...

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