The Final Countdown (1980)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $12,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $16,647,800.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.585 |
Directed By
Don Taylor
Crew
Don Taylor
Victor J. Kemper
John Scott
Peter Douglas
Richard R. St. Johns
Robert K. Lambert
David Ambrose
Gerry Davis
Thomas Hunter
Peter Powell
Ray Summers
Lloyd Kaufman
Maurice Binder
Fernando Carrere
Dennis Peebles
Romaine Greene
Bob Mills
Irving Buchman
Dale Koeppe
William Maldonado
Richard L. Anderson
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Mark Mangini
Joe Day
Garry Elmendorf
Pat Elmendorf
Bill Couch
Robert C. Thomas
Jim Coe
Earl Gilbert
Milton Lustig
Lynn A. Aber
Jack Casey
Kent H. Johnson
Stan Lazan
David L. Butler
Robert Nichols II
Bruce Bisenz
Bob Mills
Lloyd Kaufman
John W. Hyde
Pat Kehoe
J. David Jones
Ed Milkovich
Robert K. Lambert
Douglas E. Wise
Orwin C. Harvey
J. David Jones
Colby Smith
Thomas Hunter
Peter Powell
David Ambrose
TOP 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
Richard Liberty
LCdr. Moss
Gary Morgan
Helicopter Crewman
Phil Philbin
Admiral
Robert Goodman
Enlisted Man
Neil Ronco
Harvey
Bill Couch
Durrell (as William Couch)
Jack McDermott
Wynn
Masayuki Yamazuki
Togawa
George H. Strohsahl Jr.
Air Boss
Ronald R. Stoops
Navigator
Kenneth J. Jaskolski
Assistant Air Boss
Sergei M. Kowalchik
Crewman
Jake Dennis
Helicopter Pilot
Jim Toone
Helicopter Co-Pilot
Edward J. Deats
Chief
Robert L. Huffman
Radio Officer
James R. Augustus
Jr. Officer Of The Deck
Sam P. Baldwin
Lee Helmsman
Ronnie J. Ellis
Captain's Aide
Timothy W. Gersbacher
Enlisted Man
Wayne L. Flesher
Enlisted Man
William S. Frost
Enlisted Man
David H. Signor
Enlisted Man
Tommy Abel
USS Nimitz Crew
Andrew Akerson
USS Nimitz Crew
Edward Andrews
USS Nimitz Crew
Nick L. Anelli
USS Nimitz Crew
Frank R. Arko
USS Nimitz Crew
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