Jack Smight	...	(Director)
Donald S. Sanford	...	(Writer)
Charlton Heston	...	Capt. Matthew Garth
Edward Albert	...	Ens. Thomas Garth
Henry Fonda	...	Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
James Coburn	...	Capt. Vinton Maddox
Glenn Ford	...	Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Hal Holbrook	...	Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
Toshirô Mifune	...	Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto (as Toshiro Mifune)
Robert Mitchum	...	Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Cliff Robertson	...	Cmdr. Carl Jessop
Robert Wagner	...	Lt. Cmdr. Ernest L. Blake
Robert Webber	...	RAdm. Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher
Ed Nelson	...	RAdm. Harry Pearson
James Shigeta	...	Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo
Christina Kokubo	...	Miss Haruko Sakura
Monte Markham	...	Lt. Cmdr. Maxwell F. Leslie
Biff McGuire	...	Captain Miles Browning
Walter Mirisch	...
Jack Smight	...
Frank J. Urioste	...
Harry Stradling Jr.	...	Cinematographer
Ron Siegel	...	Cinematographer

Comments: The glory, the suspense, the spectacular drama of the men who won the most decisive naval battle in U.S. history.

Summary: Six months after the Japanese destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Americans discovered the Japanese were planning to seize the Naval base at Midway Island--a perfect staging point for invading Hawaii or the mainland. Outnumbered four to one, the Americans won a surprise victory and shattered the backbone of the Japanese Imperial Navy. This 1976 film feels more like a history lesson than a drama, but World War II buffs will appreciate the attention to historical fact (especially the way in which fate and a few bad decisions turned the tide), as well as the generous use of actual battle footage. The all-star cast includes Robert Mitchum, James Coburn, and Cliff Robertson in cameos and a whole slew of familiar TV faces in supporting roles. Hal Holbrook is fun as an oddball intelligence officer. --Geof Miller