Midway (1976)

06/18/1976 2h 12m

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

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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 Ages at Release

Charlton Heston

as Capt. Matthew Garth

Born 10/04/1923

Died 04/05/2008, age

Henry Fonda

as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

Born 05/16/1905

Died 08/12/1982, age

James Coburn

as Capt. Vinton Maddox

Born 08/31/1928

Died 11/18/2002, age

Glenn Ford

as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Born 05/01/1916

Died 08/30/2006, age

Hal Holbrook

as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort

Born 02/17/1925

Died 01/23/2021, age

Robert Mitchum

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

Born 08/06/1917

Died 07/01/1997, age

Toshirō Mifune

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Born 04/02/1920

Died 12/24/1997, age

Cliff Robertson

as Cmdr. Jessop

Born 09/09/1923

Died 09/10/2011, age

Robert Wagner

as Lt.Cmdr. Blake

Born 02/10/1930, age

Robert Webber

as Admiral Jack Fletcher

Born 10/14/1924

Died 05/19/1989, age

James Shigeta

as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

Born 06/17/1929

Died 07/28/2014, age

Pat Morita

as Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka

Born 06/28/1932

Died 11/24/2005, age

John Fujioka

as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

Born 06/29/1925

Died 12/13/2018, age

Ed Nelson

as Admiral Harry Pearson

Born 12/21/1928

Died 08/09/2014, age

Christopher George

as Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky

Born 02/25/1931

Died 11/28/1983, age

Tom Selleck

as Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard

Born 01/29/1945, age

Susan Sullivan

as Ann (TV Version)

Born 11/18/1942, age

Monte Markham

as Commander Max Leslie

Born 06/21/1935, age

Biff McGuire

as Captain Miles Browning

Born 10/25/1926

Died 04/01/2021, age

Kevin Dobson

as Ensign George Gay

Born 03/18/1943

Died 09/06/2020, age

Glenn Corbett

as Lieutenant Commander John Waldron

Born 08/17/1933

Died 01/16/1993, age

Gregory Walcott

as Captain Elliott Buckmaster

Born 01/13/1928

Died 03/20/2015, age

Edward Albert

as Lieutenant Tom Garth

Born 02/20/1951

Died 09/22/2006, age

Dale Ishimoto

as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya

Born 04/03/1923

Died 03/04/2004, age

Dabney Coleman

as Captain Murray Arnold

Born 01/03/1932, age

Clyde Kusatsu

as Cmdr. Watanabe

Born 09/13/1948, age

Alfie Wise

as Chief Radioman Horace F. Dobbs

Born 11/17/1943, age

Kip Niven

as Lt. Howard P. Ady, PBY Pilot

Born 05/27/1945

Died 05/06/2019, age

Mitchell Ryan

as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)

Born 01/11/1934

Died 03/04/2022, age