The Final Countdown (1980)

  • PG
  • 08/01/1980 (US)
  • War, Action, Science Fiction
  • 1h 43m

Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.

Overview

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

David Ambrose

Screenplay, Story

Don Taylor

Director

Thomas Hunter

Screenplay, Story

Gerry Davis

Screenplay

Peter Powell

Screenplay, Story

Cast

Kirk Douglas's headshot

Kirk Douglas

Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen's headshot

Martin Sheen

Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross's headshot

Katharine Ross

Laurel Scott
James Farentino's headshot

James Farentino

Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal's headshot

Ron O'Neal

Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning's headshot

Charles Durning

Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica's headshot

Victor Mohica

Black Cloud
James Coleman's headshot

James Coleman

Lt. Perry

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