Midway (1976)
- Starring:
- Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- War
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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, All Movie Guide
- 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
- Edward Albert - Lt. Tom Garth
- John Fujioka
- Steve Kanaly
- Tom Selleck
- Dennis Rucker - Ens. Mansen
- Bennett Ohta
- Ed Nelson - Adm. Harry Pearson
- 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
- Lloyd Kino
- Christopher George - Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky
- Beeson Carroll
- 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
- Robert Ito
- Larry Csonka - Cmdr. Delaney
- James Ingersoll
- James Shigeta - Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo
- Seth Sakai
- John Bennett Perry
- Kip Niven
- Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
- Kurt Grayson
- David Macklin
- Dabney Coleman - Capt. Murray Arnold
- Alfie Wise
- Sab Shimono
- Biff McGuire - Capt. Miles Browning
- Dale Ishimoto - Vice Adm. Moshiro Hosogaya
- Erik Estrada
- Clyde Kusatsu
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
- Writer(s):
- Donald S. Sanford
- Producer(s):
- Walter Mirisch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children, Adult Language, War Violence)
- Categories:
- War
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