Movie·1980·1h 43m
The Final Countdown
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
Directed By
Don Taylor
Country
United States of America
Language
Russian
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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.
Written By
Gerry Davis
Producer
Richard R. St. Johns, Peter Douglas
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper
Music
John Scott
Editor
Robert K. Lambert
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Kirk Douglas
Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen
Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross
Laurel Scott
James Farentino
Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal
Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning
Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica
Black Cloud
James Coleman
Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh
Simura
Alvin Ing
Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman
LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald
Navy Doctor
Peter Douglas
Quartermaster
Joe Lowry
Cdr. Damon
Ted Richert
Tideman's Assistant
Mark Thomas
Marine Cpl. Kullman
Harold Bergman
Bellman
George Warren
Tideman's Bodyguard
// crew
Crew
Robert K. Lambert
Editor
David Ambrose
Screenplay, Story
Gerry Davis
Screenplay
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Thomas Hunter
Screenplay, Story
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Peter Douglas
Producer
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Peter Powell
Screenplay, Story
Don Taylor
Director
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