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In what film did Slater play a cryptographer?

  • Windtalkers

  • Broken Arrow

  • Alone in the Dark

  • Hard Rain

Answer

"Windtalkers," released in 2002, stars Christian Slater as Private First Class Rex "Cowboy" Kendrick. The film follows a United States Marine tasked with protecting a Navajo Code Talker during the Battle of Saipan in World War II. The Code Talkers played a vital role by transmitting messages in their native language, Navajo, which was unintelligible to the Japanese, contributing significantly to the Allied Forces' success in the Pacific theater.
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