Directed by Jack Smight   Written by Donald S. Sanford   Cast Charlton Heston ... Capt. Matt Garth Henry Fonda ... Adm. Chester W. Nimitz James Coburn ... Capt. Vinton Maddox Glenn Ford ... Rear Adm. Raymond A. Spruance Hal Holbrook ... Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort Toshirô Mifune ... Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (as Toshiro Mifune) Robert Mitchum ... Admiral William F. Halsey Cliff Robertson ... Commander Carl Jessop Robert Wagner ... Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake Robert Webber ... Rear Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher Ed Nelson ... Admiral Harry Pearson James Shigeta ... Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo Christina Kokubo ... Haruko Sakura Monte Markham ... Commander Max Leslie Biff McGuire ... Captain Miles Browning Christopher George ... Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky Kevin Dobson ... Ensign George Gay Glenn Corbett ... Lieutenant Commander John Waldron Gregory Walcott ... Captain Elliott Buckmaster Edward Albert ... Lieutenant Tom Garth Pat Morita ... Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka John Fujioka ... Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi Dale Ishimoto ... Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya Dabney Coleman ... Captain Murray Arnold Erik Estrada ... Pilot 'Chili Bean' Ramos Larry Pennell ... Captain Cyril Simard (as Ken Pennell) Clyde Kusatsu ... Cmdr. Watanabe Phillip R. Allen ... Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach Tom Selleck ... Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard Sab Shimono ... Lt. Tomonaga Conrad Yama ... Adm. Nobutake Kondo Robert Ito ... Cmdr. Minoru Genda Yuki Shimoda ... Officer Aboard Carrier Hiryu Seth Sakai ... Capt. Kameto Kuroshima Kurt Grayson ... Maj. Floyd 'Red' Parks Alfie Wise ... Chief Radioman Horace F. Dobbs Beeson Carroll ... ARM1 / c William E. Gallagher John Bennett Perry ... ARM1c Walter G. Chochalousek Steve Kanaly ... Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. 'Lem' Massey Kip Niven ... Lt. Howard P. Ady, PBY Pilot Dennis Rucker ... Ens. Manson Michael Richardson ... ARM3c Robert K. Huntington James Ingersoll ... Pilot, PBY 'Strawberry 12' Uncredited Cast Jeff Chamberlain ... Sailor Sam Chew Jr. ... Guard Noel Conlon   (TV version only) Larry Csonka ... Cmdr. Delaney Jesse Dizon ... Pilot Don Dolan   (TV version only) Paul Frees ... Adm. Yamamoto (voice) Jerry Fujikawa ... Japanese Gentleman Sean Garrison ... Lt. Cmdr. Ken Cunningham Ned Gill ... Seaman Downes Redmond Gleeson ... Pvt. Dombrowski - Radio Man Bob Harks ... Office Worker Anthony Herrara ... Marine Lieutenant at Internment Camp David Hirokane ... Lt. Shima Jim Ishida ... Pilot Lt. Takeo Koda Lloyd Kino ... Capt. Aoki John Lupton ... Officer Testing Electric Bomb Release David Macklin ... Lt. Jack Reid Sandy McPeak ... Capt. Thomas Steve Moriarty ... Naval Officer / Aide Chuck Morrell ... Pvt. Andy Richard Narita ... Lt. Hashimoto Yôsuke Natsuki ... Japanese Pilot on Hiryu (archive footage) Bennett Ohta ... Captain Taijiro Aoki - Commander of Akagi Frank Parker ... Deke Clint Ritchie ... Lt. Cmdr. Charles Fenton Mitchell Ryan ... RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch Richard Sanders   (TV version only) Richard Sarradet   John Schuck ... Wilson Alec Smight   (TV version only) Susan Sullivan ... Ann (TV version only) Miiko Taka   (TV version only) Hunter von Leer ... 'Strawberry 9' Navigator William Wellman Jr.   (TV version only) Produced by Walter Mirisch   Original Music by John Williams

Additional Info Premiere: June 18, 1976 DVD Release: August 05, 1998 Blu-ray Release: June 04, 2013 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Alternate Titles The Battle Of Midway Production Companies The Mirisch Corporation (presents) Universal Pictures Distributors Universal Pictures   (1976) (USA) (theatrical) Image Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) MCA Home Video   (1988) (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1992) (USA) (VHS) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1978) (USA) (TV) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2013) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,557 / 21,244 Site Ranking #3,553 Twisted Metal: Season 1 (2023) #3,554 Burke & Hare (2010) #3,555 The Namesake (2006) #3,556 The Devil's Candy (2015) #3,557 Midway (1976) #3,558 The Addams Family: Season 1 (1964) #3,559 The Addams Family: Volume 2 (2007) #3,560 The Addams Family: Season 2 (1965) #3,561 Drive Me Crazy (1999)