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.
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
Nick L. Anelli
USS Nimitz Crew
Frank R. Arko
USS Nimitz Crew
Edward Andrews
USS Nimitz Crew Doctor
Don Taylor
Director
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Peter Douglas
Producer
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Robert K. Lambert
Editor
David Ambrose
Screenplay
Gerry Davis
Screenplay
Thomas Hunter
Screenplay
Peter Powell
Screenplay
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Lloyd Kaufman
Associate Producer
Maurice Binder
Visual Effects
Fernando Carrere
Production Design
Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
Joe Day
Special Effects
Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects
Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects
Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography
David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
Bob Mills
Makeup Supervisor
Lloyd Kaufman
Unit Production Manager
John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
J. David Jones
Second Unit Director
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Robert K. Lambert
Second Unit Director
Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
J. David Jones
Stunts
Colby Smith
Stunts
Thomas Hunter
Story
Peter Powell
Story
David Ambrose
Story