The Final Countdown

1980 6.6 (622 votes) 1h 43m

Genres

War Action Science Fiction

Production Companies

Bryna Productions
United Artists

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

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: David Ambrose, Gerry Davis, Thomas Hunter, Peter Powell

Producer: Peter Douglas

Director of Photography: Victor J. Kemper

Director: Don Taylor

Story: Thomas Hunter, David Ambrose, Peter Powell

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

Videos

The Final Countdown (1980) Original Trailer [4K]

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