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Donald S. Sanford (written by)
18 June 1976 (USA) more
The glory, the suspense, the spectacular drama of the men who won the most decisive naval battle in U.S. history. more
A dramatization of the battle that turned out to be the turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. full summary | full synopsis
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| Charlton Heston | ... | Captain Matt Garth | |
| Henry Fonda | ... | Admiral Chester W. Nimitz | |
| James Coburn | ... | Captain Vinton Maddox | |
| Glenn Ford | ... | Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Commander Joseph Rochefort | |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (as Toshiro Mifune) | |
| Robert Mitchum | ... | Admiral William F. Halsey | |
| Cliff Robertson | ... | Commander Carl Jessop | |
| Robert Wagner | ... | Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake | |
| Robert Webber | ... | Rear Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher | |
| Ed Nelson | ... | Admiral Harry Pearson | |
| James Shigeta | ... | Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo | |
| Christina Kokubo | ... | Haruko Sakura | |
| Monte Markham | ... | Commander Max Leslie | |
| Biff McGuire | ... | Captain Miles Browning | |
| Christopher George | ... | Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky | |
| Kevin Dobson | ... | Ensign George Gay | |
| Glenn Corbett | ... | Lieutenant Commander John Waldron | |
| Gregory Walcott | ... | Captain Elliott Buckmaster | |
| Edward Albert | ... | Lieutenant Tom Garth | |
| Pat Morita | ... | Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka | |
| John Fujioka | ... | Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi | |
| Dale Ishimoto | ... | Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya | |
| Dabney Coleman | ... | Captain Murray Arnold | |
| Erik Estrada | ... | Pilot Ramos | |
| Larry Pennell | ... | Captain Cyril Simard | |
| Clyde Kusatsu | ... | Cmdr. Watanabe | |
| Phillip R. Allen | ... | Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach | |
| Tom Selleck | ... | Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard | |
| Sab Shimono | ... | Lt. Tomonaga | |
| Conrad Yama | ... | Adm. Nobutake Kondo | |
| Robert Ito | ... | Cmdr. Minoru Genda | |
| Yuki Shimoda | ... | Officer aboard carrier Hiryu | |
| Seth Sakai | |||
| Kurt Grayson | |||
| Alfie Wise | ... | Dobbs | |
| Beeson Carroll | |||
| John Bennett Perry | |||
| Steve Kanaly | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. "Lem" Massey | |
| Kip Niven | ... | PBY pilot | |
| Dennis Rucker | ... | Ens. Manson | |
| Michael Richardson | |||
| James Ingersoll | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jeff Chamberlain | ... | Sailor (uncredited) | |
| Sam Chew Jr. | ... | Guard (uncredited) | |
| Noel Conlon | ... | (TV version only) (uncredited) | |
| Larry Csonka | ... | Cmdr. Delaney (uncredited) | |
| Jesse Dizon | ... | Pilot (uncredited) | |
| Don Dolan | ... | (TV version only) (uncredited) | |
| Paul Frees | ... | Adm. Yamamoto (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Jerry Fujikawa | ... | Japanese gentleman (uncredited) | |
| Sean Garrison | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Ken Cunningham (uncredited) | |
| Ned Gill | ... | Seaman Downes (uncredited) | |
| Redmond Gleeson | ... | Pvt. Dombrowski (radio man) (uncredited) | |
| Anthony Herrara | ... | (uncredited) | |
| David Hirokane | ... | Lt. Shima (uncredited) | |
| Jim Ishida | ... | Pilot Lt. Takeo Koda (uncredited) | |
| Lloyd Kino | ... | Capt. Aoki (uncredited) | |
| John Lupton | ... | Officer Testing Electric Bomb Release (uncredited) | |
| David Macklin | ... | Lt. Jack Reid (uncredited) | |
| Sandy McPeak | ... | Capt. Thomas (uncredited) | |
| Chuck Morrell | ... | Pvt. Andy (uncredited) | |
| Yosuke Natsuki | ... | Japanese Pilot on Hiryu (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
| Bennett Ohta | ... | Captain Taijiro Aoki - Commander of Akagi (uncredited) | |
| Frank Parker | ... | Deke (uncredited) | |
| Clint Ritchie | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Charles Fenton (uncredited) | |
| Mitch Ryan | ... | RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited) | |
| Richard Sanders | ... | (TV version only) (uncredited) | |
| Richard Sarradet | ... | (uncredited) | |
| John Schuck | ... | Wilson (uncredited) | |
| Alec Smight | ... | (TV version only) (uncredited) | |
| Susan Sullivan | ... | Ann (TV version only) (uncredited) | |
| Miiko Taka | ... | (TV version only) (uncredited) | |
| William Wellman Jr. | ... | (TV version only) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Jack Smight | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Donald S. Sanford | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Walter Mirisch | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| John Williams | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Harry Stradling Jr. | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Robert Swink | |||
| Frank J. Urioste | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Walter H. Tyler | (as Walter Tyler) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| John M. Dwyer | (as John Dwyer) | ||
Production Management | |||
| William W. Gray | .... | production manager (as William Gray) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Richard Hashimoto | .... | second assistant director | |
| Jerome M. Siegel | .... | first assistant director (as Jerome Siegel) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Roger Heman Jr. | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Robert L. Hoyt | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Earl Madery | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Robert Martin | .... | sound | |
| Leonard Peterson | .... | sound | |
| Roger Sword | .... | sound editor | |
| James Troutman | .... | sound editor (as Jim Troutman) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Jack McMaster | .... | special effects | |
Stunts | |||
| Steven Burnett | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Gary Combs | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Erik Cord | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Duffy Hambleton | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Charlie Picerni | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Bill Saito | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| James Winburn | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Clifford Hutchison | .... | gaffer (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Robert O. Ragland | .... | conductor | |
| Robert O. Ragland | .... | orchestrator | |
| John Williams | .... | conductor | |
Other crew | |||
| Bob Forrest | .... | script supervisor | |
| Vice Admiral Bernard M. Strean | .... | technical advisor | |
| 'Junior' Burchinal | .... | pilot (uncredited) | |
Battle of Midway (Philippines: English title) (UK)
The Battle of Midway (USA) (video title)
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132 min
Colour (Technicolor)
2.35 : 1 more
Sensurround (Westrex Recording System)
Australia:PG | UK:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:16 (1977) | USA:PG | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12
Robert Mitchum filmed his cameo in a day. more
Anachronisms: Several Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters appear in the movie. This type did not see combat until 1943, the year after this movie takes place. more
RAdm. Tamon Yamaguchi: Once, we filled the sky with our aircraft. Now we win or lose with six fighters and ten torpedo planes. more
Featured in They Were There (1976) more
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I can't help but agree with most of the other comments: the sloppy production values, the scenes "borrowed" from better movies, the countless anachronisms, the distracting subplot about Lt. Garth and his Japanese girlfriend, and so on. But for me, this movie has two strong points in its favor. One, when they get around to the actual battle, they follow the history with surprising accuracy. (The "Pearl Harbor" makers could have learned something from this one.) So the movie's hard to follow? So was the actual battle! Personally, I think they did a pretty good job of keeping the flow coherent while still remaining faithful to its source material.
The second thing in its favor is that, from the moment I first saw it in the theater as a 10 year old, it ignited in me a passion for the Battle of Midway that remains to this day. I can't think of any other movie that even comes close to getting me as hooked on its subject as this one. Maybe it's a good thing I first saw it when I was young, when I was much less discerning about production values, etc. That way, I could concentrate on the story itself.
If you have even the slightest interest in military history or even in important historical events in general, do yourself a favor. Watch "Midway" to get an overview of the event (fast-forward over the love-story scenes if you like), then go read "Incredible Victory" by Walter Lord (which is a better book than the one for which he is most famous, "A Night to Remember"). You won't be sorry.