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The Final Countdown (1980)

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

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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

  • 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
  • Peter Douglas Quartermaster
  • Joe Lowry Cdr. Damon
  • Ted Richert Tideman's Assistant
  • Mark Thomas Marine Cpl. Kullman
  • Harold Bergman Harold Bergman Bellman
  • George Warren Tideman's Bodyguard

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