Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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.
- world war ii
- u.s. navy
- based on true story
- battle of midway
- pacific war
- soldier
- american
- pacific theater
- sea battle
- naval warfare
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Charlton Heston
Capt. Matthew Garth
Henry Fonda
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
James Coburn
Capt. Vinton Maddox
Glenn Ford
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
- Hal Holbrook — Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
- Robert Mitchum — Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
- Toshirō Mifune — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Cliff Robertson — Cmdr. Jessop
- Robert Wagner — Lt.Cmdr. Blake
- Robert Webber — Admiral Jack Fletcher
- James Shigeta — Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
- Pat Morita — Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka
- John Fujioka — Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- Ed Nelson — Admiral Harry Pearson
- Christopher George — Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky
- Directed
- Jack Smight
- Written
- Donald S. Sanford
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 338 ratings
- Studio
- The Mirisch Company, Universal Pictures
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