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.
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
James D. Dever
Field Hospital Colonel
Jim Morse
Marine Recruit
Chris Devlin
Code Instructor Sergeant
JF Davis
Technical Sergeant
Brian Kasai
Japanese Intelligence Officer
Hiroshi Mori
Japanese Radio Operator
Darrel Guilbeau
Battleship Petty Officer
Aaron Yamagata
Tanapag Boy
Victoria Chen
Tanapag Mother
Jon Michael Souza
NCO
Carissa Jung
Tanapag Girl
Wataru Yoshida
Japanese Artillery Man
Junya Oishi
Japanese Artillery Sighter
Jiro Koga
Japanese Artillery Gunner
Lynn Kawailele Allen
Hula Dancer
Tina Leialoha Gube
Alewa T. Olotoa
Ilima Pumphrey
Lena Savaiinaea
Kaliko Scott
John Steven Rocha
Robert Aguilar Jr.
Private Povovich (uncredited)
Job Alonso
U.S. Marine (uncredited)
Louis Per Bruno
Private Corelli (uncredited)
Jim Carretta
Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
Matty Castano
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Timothy Di Pri
Politician (uncredited)
Christopher Gilbertson
Marine (uncredited)
Shannon Holzer
Yoshio Iizuka
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Aaron Ikeda
Christopher Illing
Keii Johnston
Steve Lindsay
Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
Cazimir Milostan
Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Michael Ng
Nils Oliveto
Paul Parker
Injured soldier (uncredited)
Denney Pierce
Simon Rhee
Charles Sans
Private Jennings (uncredited)
Bobby Silva
Private Ricks (uncredited)
Douglas Dean Taylor
Marine Beau (uncredited)
John Thomas
Core Group Marine (uncredited)
Ren Urano
Japanese Radioman (uncredited)
Dixon White
Hospital Room Patient (uncredited)
Malcolm Dohi
Battleship Codetalker
Steve Tanizaki
Japanese Artillery Officer
Marc McClellan
Marine Artillery Commander
Christopher T. Yamamoto
Japanese Bunker Gunner
John Takeshi Ichikawa
Japanese Bunker Commander
Ross Lasi Tanoai
Eddie the Bartender
Glen Begay
Radio Codetalker
Vincent Whipple
Navajo Instructor
Albert Smith
Navajo Man
John Woo
Director
John Rice
Screenplay
Joe Batteer
Terence Chang
Producer
C.O. Erickson
Executive Producer
Tracie Graham-Rice
Alison R. Rosenzweig
Jeffrey L. Kimball
Director of Photography
Jeff Gullo
Editor
Steven Kemper
Tom Rolf
Mindy Marin
Casting
Holger Gross
Production Design
Kevin Ishioka
Art Direction
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration
Steve LaPorte
Makeup Department Head
Nick Scarano
Costume Supervisor
Dane Farwell
Stunts
Paul E. Short
Bobby Burns
Eddie Yansick
Stunt Coordinator
Cliff Fleming
Pilot
John J. Smith
Production Manager
Arthur Anderson
First Assistant Director
Joan Cunningham
Second Assistant Director
Kevin Yagher
Makeup Effects Designer
Steve Traxler
Associate Producer
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Supervising Sound Editor
Ken Nishino
First Assistant Camera
Dale White
Second Assistant Camera
Lynda Wu
Camera Loader
Michael St. Hilaire
"B" Camera Operator
Dennis Seawright
First Assistant "B" Camera
Vincent Mata
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Jeff Mart
"C" Camera Operator
Zoran Veselić
First Assistant "C" Camera
Don Steinberg
Second Assistant "C" Camera
Leo J. Napolitano
"D" Camera Operator
Gregory Irwin
First Assistant "D" Camera
Shawn Landis
Second Assistant "D" Camera
Gary MacPherson
Production Coordinator
Dan Delgado
Chief Lighting Technician
Frank Mathews
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
J. Michael Popovich
Key Grip
Thomas J. Ruffner
Dolly Grip
Mark Meyers
Randol Perelman-Taylor
Second Second Assistant Director
Zack Davis
ADR Supervisor
Alan Rankin
Victor Ray Ennis
Bryan Bowen
Sound Designer
Bruce Tanis
Eliza Pollack Zebert
ADR Editor
Laura Graham
Michael Hertlein
Dialogue Editor
David A. Cohen
Willard Overstreet
Foley Editor
Paul Jyrälä
Sound Editor
Perry Robertson
Nerses Gezalyan
Foley Mixer
Greg Zimmerman
Foley Recordist
James Moriana
Foley Artist
Jeffrey Wilhoit
Richard Bryce Goodman
Production Sound Mixer
Joel Shryack
Boom Operator
Tommy Giordano
Cableman
Jim Henrikson
Supervising Music Editor
Michael Hansen
Assistant Property Master
John Schacht
Leadman
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Dennis McNeill
Color Timer
Daniel Sperry
Dolby Consultant
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Philip Tallman
Music Editor
Dick Bernstein
Joe E. Rand
David E. Fluhr
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom
Cate Hardman
Script Supervisor
Stephen Vaughan
Still Photographer
Gregory Lundsgaard
Steadicam Operator
Camera Operator
Mark Van Loon
Lynette Wich
Art Department Coordinator
Al Goto
Gregg Smrz
Brian Smrz
Ray Boniker
First Assistant Editor
Tim Gilbert
Chris O'Hara
Linda Rizzuto
Hairstylist
Linda Leiter Sharp
Joseph Coscia
William A. Farley
Janis Clark
Key Hair Stylist
Rick Stratton
Key Makeup Artist
Bill Myer
Makeup Artist
Allen Weisinger
Carol F. Doran
Wigmaker
Gary Deaton
Construction Coordinator
Don Miloyevich
Property Master
Abigail Sheiner
A. Todd Holland
Set Designer
Luis G. Hoyos
David Altenau
CG Supervisor
Bridgitte Krupke
Visual Effects Coordinator
Clark Campbell
Visual Effects Editor
Kevin Clark
Kevin Elam
Visual Effects Producer
Kevin Lingenfelser
Visual Effects Supervisor
Troy Brown
Bob Brown
Gregory J. Barnett
Second Unit Director
Joey Box
Stunt Double
Phil Culotta
Clint Lilley
Jon Valera
Jose Vasquez