EnglishCharlton Heston as Capt Matthew Garth
Edward Albert as Ens Thomas Garth
Henry Fonda as Adm Chester W Nimitz
James Coburn as Capt Vinton Maddox
Glenn Ford as RAdm Raymond A Spruance
Hal Holbrook as Cmdr Joseph Rochefort
Toshirô Mifune as Adm Isoroku Yamamoto
Robert Mitchum as Vice Adm William F 'Bull' Halsey Jr
Cliff Robertson as Cmdr Carl Jessop
Robert Wagner as Lt Cmdr Ernest L Blake
Robert Webber as RAdm Frank J 'Jack' Fletcher
Ed Nelson as RAdm Harry Pearson
James Shigeta as Vice Adm Chuichi Nagumo
Christina Kokubo as Miss Haruko Sakura
Monte Markham as Cmdr Maxwell F Leslie
Biff McGuire as Capt Miles Browning
Christopher George as Lt Cmdr Clarence Wade McClusky
Kevin Dobson as Ens George H Gay
Glenn Corbett as Lt Cmdr John C Waldron
Gregory Walcott as Capt Elliott Buckmaster
Pat Morita as RAdm Ryunosuke Kusaka
John Fujioka as RAdm Tamon Yamaguchi
Dale Ishimoto as Vice Adm Moshiro Hosogaya
Dabney Coleman as Capt Murray Arnold
Larry Pennell as Capt Cyril Simard
Clyde Kusatsu as Cmdr Watanabe
Phillip R Allen as Lt Cmdr John S 'Jimmy' Thach
Tom Selleck as Aide to Capt Cyril Simard
Sab Shimono as Lt Tomonaga
Conrad Yama as Adm Nobutake Kondo
Robert Ito as Cmdr Minoru Genda
Yuki Shimoda as Officer aboard carrier Hiryu
Kip Niven as PBY pilot
Dennis Rucker as Ens Manson
David Macklin as Lt Jack Reid
Jeff Chamberlain as Sailor
Noel Conlon as (TV version only)
Larry Csonka as Cmdr Delaney
Jesse Dizon as Pilot
Don Dolan as (TV version only)
Erik Estrada as Pilot Ramos
Paul Frees as Adm Yamamoto
Jerry Fujikawa as Japanese gentleman
Sean Garrison as Lt Cmdr Ken Cunningham
Redmond Gleeson as Pvt Dombrowski (radio man)
David Hirokane as Lt Shima
Jim Ishida as Pilot Lt Takeo Koda
Lloyd Kino as Capt Aoki
Sandy McPeak as Capt Thomas
Chuck Morrell as Pvt Andy
Frank Parker as Deke
Clint Ritchie as Lt Cmdr Charles Fenton
Mitch Ryan as RAdm Aubrey W Fitch
Richard Sanders as (TV version only)
John Schuck as Wilson
Alec Smight as (TV version only)
Susan Sullivan as Ann (TV version only)
Miiko Taka as (TV version only)
William Wellman Jr as (TV version only)