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