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Windtalkers
“Honor Was Their Code.”
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Directed by John Woo, C.O. Erickson
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User score
1,443 votes
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Status
Released
Released
June 7, 2002
Runtime
2h 14m
Language
English, Japanese, Navajo
Budget → Revenue
$115M → $77.6M
Top cast
Nicolas Cage
Sergeant Joe Enders
Adam Beach
Private Ben Yahzee
Peter Stormare
Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
Noah Emmerich
Corporal Charles Rogers
Mark Ruffalo
Pappas
Brian Van Holt
Harrigan
Martin Henderson
Private Nellie
Roger Willie
Charlie Whitehorse
Frances O'Connor
Rita Swelton
Christian Slater
Sergeant Peter Henderson
Jason Isaacs
Major Mellitz
William Morts
Fortino
Cameron Thor
Mertens
Kevin Cooney
Ear Doctor
Holmes Osborne
Colonel Hollings
Keith Campbell
Kittring
Clayton J. Barber
Hasby
Scott Atkinson
Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant
Jeremy Davidson
Marine
Brian Maynard
Corpsman
