Midway Movie Review 1976

The epic WWII battle of Midway, the turning point in the war, is retold through Allied and Japanese viewpoints by a big all-star cast saddled with dumpy dialogue and enough weaponry to seize Hollywood on any given Wednesday.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 132 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, World War II, Japan, Big Battles, Big-Budget Bombs

Screenplay

Donald S. Sanford

Cast

Sab Shimono, Robert Webber, Ed Nelson, James Shigeta, Monte Markham, Biff McGuire, Glenn Corbett, Gregory Walcott, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, John Fujioka, Dale Ishimoto, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada, Clyde Kusatsu, Robert Ito, Steve Kanaly, Kip Niven, Mitchell Ryan, Susan Sullivan, Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Kevin Dobson, Christopher George, Toshiro Mifune, Tom Selleck

Cinematography

Harry Stradling

Director

Jack Smight

Music

John Williams

Producer

Mark Huffam, Walter Mirisch