The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

103 mins | Action, Science Fiction, War | Jan. 31, 1980

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.

The Final Countdown

103 mins | Action, Science Fiction, War | Jan. 31, 1980

The Final Countdown
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Bryna Productions
Original title The Final Countdown
Directors Lynn A. Aber, Don Taylor
Writers Gerry Davis, Peter Powell, Thomas Hunter, David Ambrose

Cast

Kirk Douglas

as Capt. Matthew Yelland

Martin Sheen

as Warren Lasky

Katharine Ross

as Laurel Scott

James Farentino

as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens

Ron O'Neal

as Commander Dan Thurman

Charles Durning

as Senator Samuel Chapman

Victor Mohica

as Black Cloud

James Coleman

as Lt. Perry

Soon-Tek Oh

as Simura

Alvin Ing

as Lt. Kajima

Lloyd Kaufman

as LCdr. Kaufman

Dan Fitzgerald

as Navy Doctor

Peter Douglas

as Quartermaster

Joe Lowry

as Cdr. Damon

Ted Richert

as Tideman's Assistant

Mark Thomas

as Marine Cpl. Kullman

Harold Bergman

as Bellman

George Warren

as Tideman's Bodyguard