Midway

In this dramatization of the Battle of Midway during World War II, U.S. Navy Adm. Chester Nimitz leads an outnumbered unit in the Pacific to break Japanese encryption codes. They soon discover that Adm. Yamamoto plans an ambush of the U.S. base on the island of Midway. Capt. Matt Garth helps devise the Navy's strategy, while his pilot son, Tom, falls in love with a Japanese-American woman who is headed for an internment camp.

Cast :

• 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

• Robert Mitchum
• Admiral William F. Halsey

• Cliff Robertson
• Commander Carl Jessop

• Toshirô Mifune
• Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

• Robert Wagner
• Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake

• Edward Albert
• Lieutenant Tom Garth

• Robert Webber
• Rear Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher

• Ed Nelson
• Admiral Harry Pearson

• James Shigeta
• Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

• Monte Markham
• Commander Max Leslie

• Christopher George
• Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky

• Glenn Corbett
• Lieutenant Commander John Waldron