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Film · 1980

The Final Countdown

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

Directed by Don TaylorKirk DouglasMartin SheenKatharine Ross
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9 Jul 1980UK release
1h 43mRunning time
PGBBFC rating
6.6TMDB score of 10

The story

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.

Cast

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross

Katharine Ross

Laurel Scott
James Farentino

James Farentino

Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning

Charles Durning

Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica

Victor Mohica

Black Cloud

James Coleman

Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh

Soon-Tek Oh

Simura
Alvin Ing

Alvin Ing

Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman

LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald

Dan Fitzgerald

Navy Doctor
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