The Battle of Midway

1942 · directed by John Ford

Rating

60/100

Hit

no

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, in 2006.

The Battle of Midway (1942), directed by John Ford, rates 60/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Henry Fonda
• Jane Darwell
• Donald Crisp
• Irving Pichel

Crew

• Jack MacKenzie — Director of Photography
• John Ford — Director of Photography
• Joseph H. August — Director of Photography
• Kenneth M. Pier — Director of Photography
• John Ford — Editor
• Robert Parrish — Editor
• Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
• Dudley Nichols — Writer
• James Kevin McGuinness — Writer
• John Ford — Writer

More from John Ford

1. Stagecoach (1939) — 97/100 · hit
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — 96/100 · hit
3. The Searchers (1956) — 96/100 · hit
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — 89/100 · hit
5. My Darling Clementine (1946) — 86/100 · hit
6. How Green Was My Valley (1941) — 85/100 · hit

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