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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
Erik Estrada
Pilot "Chili Bean" Ramos
Tom Selleck
Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard
Robert Ito
Cmdr. Minoru Genda
Christina Kokubo
Haruko Sakura
Susan Sullivan
Ann (TV Version)
Larry Pennell
Captain Cyril Simard
Monte Markham
Commander Max Leslie
Biff McGuire
Captain Miles Browning
Kevin Dobson
Ensign George Gay
Glenn Corbett
Lieutenant Commander John Waldron
Gregory Walcott
Captain Elliott Buckmaster
Edward Albert
Lieutenant Tom Garth
Dale Ishimoto
Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Dabney Coleman
Captain Murray Arnold
Clyde Kusatsu
Cmdr. Watanabe
Phillip R. Allen
Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach
Sab Shimono
Lt. Tomonaga
Conrad Yama
Adm. Nobutake Kondo
Yuki Shimoda
Officer Aboard Carrier Hiryu
Seth Sakai
Capt. Kameto Kuroshima
Kurt Grayson
Maj. Floyd 'Red' Parks
Alfie Wise
Chief Radioman Horace F. Dobbs
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
Lt. Woll - Aide to Adm. Nimitz
James Ingersoll
Pilot, PBY 'Strawberry 12'
Larry Csonka
Cmdr. Delaney (uncredited)
Mitchell Ryan
RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
Lloyd Kino
Capt. Aoki (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

6.5

Written by John Chard on Tue Jan 12 2016

They sacrifice themselves like samurai, these Americans. A critical part of WWII gets the big epic cinematic treatment, with all star casting and lots of noise. Though purporting to be exactly how things were during this particular battle, a pinch of salt is also needed. Much of the film is taken up with laying foundations for the air-sea engagement of the title, political posturing and military machinations are joined by needless sub-plots. The dialogue is often cheese laden, some characterisations equally so, while the splicing of real life footage and other war movie moments start to det...