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The Final Countdown

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

  • Movie
  • 1980
  • PG
  • 1h 43m

Directed by Don Taylor

6.6

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6.6 out of 10 from 716 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Kirk Douglas

    Kirk DouglasCapt. Matthew Yelland

  • Martin Sheen

    Martin SheenWarren Lasky

  • Katharine Ross

    Katharine RossLaurel Scott

  • James Farentino

    James FarentinoWing Commander Richard T. Owens

  • Ron O'Neal

    Ron O'NealCommander Dan Thurman

  • Charles Durning

    Charles DurningSenator Samuel Chapman

  • Victor Mohica

    Victor MohicaBlack Cloud

  • James ColemanLt. Perry

  • Soon-Tek Oh

    Soon-Tek OhSimura

  • Alvin Ing

    Alvin IngLt. Kajima

  • Lloyd Kaufman

    Lloyd KaufmanLCdr. Kaufman

  • Dan Fitzgerald

    Dan FitzgeraldNavy Doctor

  • Peter DouglasQuartermaster

  • Joe LowryCdr. Damon

  • Ted RichertTideman's Assistant

  • Mark ThomasMarine Cpl. Kullman

  • Harold Bergman

    Harold BergmanBellman

  • George WarrenTideman's Bodyguard

Director
Don Taylor
Writer
David Ambrose, Gerry Davis and Thomas Hunter
Music
John Scott
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper