Midway
The glory, the suspense, the spectacular drama of the men who won the most decisive naval battle in our history!
Rating: 6.6 out of 10TMDB(345 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $100M worldwide, about 25.0 times its $4M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Filming locations
Filmed in Los Angeles
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Setting
Set in Insular Oceania
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Music
Music by John Williams
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Harry Stradling
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Donald S. SanfordScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 18, 1976
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4M
- Revenue
- $100M
- Countries
- United States of America
Streaming on
In the United States
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Cast
Charlton HestonCapt. Matthew Garth
Henry FondaAdm. Chester W. Nimitz
James CoburnCapt. Vinton Maddox
Glenn FordRear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Hal HolbrookCmdr. Joseph Rochefort
Robert MitchumVice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Toshirō MifuneAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Cliff RobertsonCmdr. Jessop
Robert WagnerLt.Cmdr. Blake
Robert WebberAdmiral Jack Fletcher
James ShigetaVice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
Pat MoritaRear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka
John FujiokaRear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Ed NelsonAdmiral Harry Pearson
Christopher GeorgeLieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky
Erik EstradaPilot "Chili Bean" Ramos
Tom SelleckAide to Capt. Cyril Simard
Robert ItoCmdr. Minoru Genda
Christina KokuboHaruko Sakura
Susan SullivanAnn (TV Version)
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