Windtalkers (2002)

6.3/10 • 134 min • War Action

Overview

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.

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

Kevin Cooney

Ear Doctor

Holmes Osborne

Colonel Hollings

Keith Campbell

Kittring

Clayton J. Barber

Hasby

Scott Atkinson

Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant

Jeremy Davidson

Marine

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