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
as Sergeant Joe Enders
Adam Beach
as Private Ben Yahzee
Peter Stormare
as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
Noah Emmerich
as Corporal Charles Rogers
Mark Ruffalo
as Pappas
Brian Van Holt
as Harrigan
Martin Henderson
as Private Nellie
Roger Willie
as Charlie Whitehorse
Frances O'Connor
as Rita Swelton
Christian Slater
as Sergeant Peter Henderson
Jason Isaacs
as Major Mellitz
William Morts
as Fortino
