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#1828

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7

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Yes

Action, Drama, History, War

USA / English

Charlton Heston	Capt. Matthew Garth
Edward Albert	Ens. Thomas Garth
Henry Fonda	Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
James Coburn	Capt. Vinton Maddox
Glenn Ford	Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Hal Holbrook	Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
Toshirô Mifune	Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
Robert Mitchum	Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Cliff Robertson	Cmdr. Carl Jessop
Robert Wagner	Lt. Cmdr. Ernest L. Blake

Director	Jack Smight; J. Goddard, Voytek
Producer	Walter Mirisch
Writer	Donald S. Sanford

The Battle of Midway sounded its furious thunder in June 1942, only six months after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. Just when it seemed that nothing could stop the Japanese expansion in the Pacific, a small US Navy task force came to the rescue, defeating one of Japan's largest fleets headed for the strategically located Midway Island.

Edition Details
Barcode	014381429220
Region	Any Region
Release Date	05-Aug-98
Screen Ratio	Widescreen 2.35:1 Color
Subtitles	None
Audio Tracks	ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers	Single Side, Single Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes	1

Personal Details
Store	Sam Goodie
Tags	DVDOriginal
Links	IMDB DVD Empire Atlantic DVD

In Every War There Is A Battle To End All Battles. Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda and Robert Mitchum lead an all-star cast in this breathtaking dramatization of the heroic sea battle that became the turning point in the Pacific during World War II. Integrating personal stories and accounts of the individual courage and sacrifieces of the men involved, Midway includes actual war footage shot by navy photographers and cameras mounted on fighter planes, giving a powerful sense of reality to this thrilling, true story.