Charlton Heston as Capt. Matthew Garth

Henry Fonda as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

James Coburn as Capt. Vinton Maddox

Glenn Ford as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Hal Holbrook as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort

Robert Mitchum as Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.

Toshirō Mifune as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Cliff Robertson as Cmdr. Jessop

Robert Wagner as Lt.Cmdr. Blake

Robert Webber as Admiral Jack Fletcher

James Shigeta as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

Pat Morita as Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka

John Fujioka as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

Ed Nelson as Admiral Harry Pearson

Christopher George as Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky

Erik Estrada as Pilot "Chili Bean" Ramos

Tom Selleck as Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard

Robert Ito as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

Christina Kokubo as Haruko Sakura

Susan Sullivan as Ann (TV Version)

Larry Pennell as Captain Cyril Simard

Monte Markham as Commander Max Leslie

Biff McGuire as Captain Miles Browning

Kevin Dobson as Ensign George Gay

Glenn Corbett as Lieutenant Commander John Waldron

Gregory Walcott as Captain Elliott Buckmaster

Edward Albert as Lieutenant Tom Garth

Dale Ishimoto as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya

Dabney Coleman as Captain Murray Arnold

Clyde Kusatsu as Cmdr. Watanabe

Phillip R. Allen as Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach

Sab Shimono as Lt. Tomonaga

Conrad Yama as Adm. Nobutake Kondo

Yuki Shimoda as Officer Aboard Carrier Hiryu

Seth Sakai as Capt. Kameto Kuroshima

Kurt Grayson as Maj. Floyd 'Red' Parks

Alfie Wise as Chief Radioman Horace F. Dobbs

John Bennett Perry as ARM1c Walter G. Chochalousek

Steve Kanaly as Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. "Lem" Massey

Kip Niven as Lt. Howard P. Ady, PBY Pilot

Dennis Rucker as Ens. Manson

Michael Richardson as Lt. Woll - Aide to Adm. Nimitz

James Ingersoll as Pilot, PBY 'Strawberry 12'

Larry Csonka as Cmdr. Delaney (uncredited)

Mitchell Ryan as RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)

Lloyd Kino as Capt. Aoki (uncredited)