Midway (1976)
- Starring:
- Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Midway
An expensive war epic, Midway emulates The Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! in attempting to re-create a famous World War II battle from both the American and Japanese viewpoints. The 1942 battle of Midway was the turning point of the War in the Pacific; the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed, and America's string of humiliating defeats was finally broken. Though the battle itself was sufficiently dramatic to fill two films, Midway also has plotline involving the mixed-race relationship between Ensign Garth (Edward Albert), son of Navy Captain Matt Garth (Charlton Heston), and Haruko Sakura (Christina Kokubo), a Hawaiian girl of Japanese descent. The real-life personages depicted herein include American Admirals Nimitz (Henry Fonda), Halsey (Robert Mitchum) and Spruance (Glenn Ford), and Japanese Admiral Yamamoto (Toshiro Mifune, his voice once again dubbed by Paul Frees, whom Mifune personally selected for the job). For its original road show release, Midway was offered in the "Sensurround" process, which electronically shook and vibrated the audience's chairs during the battle sequences. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 132 mins
Complete Cast of Midway
- Charlton Heston - Capt. Matt Garth
- James Coburn - Capt. Vinton Maddox
- Hal Holbrook - Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
- Robert Mitchum - Adm. William F. Halsey
- Christina Kokubo - Haruko Sakura
- Kevin Dobson - Ensign George Gay
- Gregory Walcott - Capt. Elliott Buckmaster
- James Ingersoll
- Seth Sakai
- John Bennett Perry
- Kip Niven
- Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
- Lloyd Kino
- Michael Richardson
- Phillip Richard Allen
- Cliff Robertson - Cmdr. Carl Jessop
- Conrad Yama - Adm. Nobutake Kondo
- Robert Webber - Rear Adm. Frank J. "Jack" Fletcher
- Yuki Shimoda
- Tom Selleck
- Christopher George - Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky
- Larry Csonka - Cmdr. Delaney
- Erik Estrada
- Henry Fonda - Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
- Glenn Ford - Rear Adm. Raymond A. Spruance
- Toshiro Mifune - Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
- Robert Wagner - Lt. Cmdr. Ernest L. Blake
- Monte Markham - Cmdr. Max Leslie
- Glenn Corbett - Lt. Cmdr. John Waldron
- Edward Albert - Lt. Tom Garth
- Steve Kanaly
- Dennis Rucker - Ens. Mansen
- Bennett Ohta
- Ed Nelson - Adm. Harry Pearson
- Biff McGuire - Capt. Miles Browning
- Robert Ito
- Kurt Grayson
- David Macklin
- Dabney Coleman - Capt. Murray Arnold
- Alfie Wise
- Sab Shimono
- James Shigeta - Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo
- Dale Ishimoto - Vice Adm. Moshiro Hosogaya
- Beeson Carroll
- John Fujioka
- Clyde Kusatsu
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
- Writer(s):
- Donald S. Sanford
- Producer(s):
- Walter Mirisch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, War Violence, Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- War
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