The Final Countdown

6.617

103 minutes

1/31/1980

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.

Cast List

Kirk Douglas
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen
as Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross
as Laurel Scott
James Farentino
as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal
as Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning
as Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica
as Black Cloud
James Coleman
as Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh
as Simura
Alvin Ing
as Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman
as LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald
as Navy Doctor
Peter Douglas
as Quartermaster
Joe Lowry
as Cdr. Damon
Ted Richert
as Tideman's Assistant
Mark Thomas
as Marine Cpl. Kullman
Harold Bergman
as Bellman
George Warren
as Tideman's Bodyguard
Richard Liberty
as LCdr. Moss
Gary Morgan
as Helicopter Crewman
Phil Philbin
as Admiral
Robert Goodman
as Enlisted Man
Neil Ronco
as Harvey
Bill Couch
as Durrell (as William Couch)
Jack McDermott
as Wynn
Masayuki Yamazuki
as Togawa
George H. Strohsahl Jr.
as Air Boss
Ronald R. Stoops
as Navigator
Kenneth J. Jaskolski
as Assistant Air Boss
Sergei M. Kowalchik
as Crewman
Jake Dennis
as Helicopter Pilot
Jim Toone
as Helicopter Co-Pilot
Edward J. Deats
as Chief
Robert L. Huffman
as Radio Officer
James R. Augustus
as Jr. Officer Of The Deck
Sam P. Baldwin
as Lee Helmsman
Ronnie J. Ellis
as Captain's Aide
Timothy W. Gersbacher
as Enlisted Man
Wayne L. Flesher
as Enlisted Man
William S. Frost
as Enlisted Man
David H. Signor
as Enlisted Man
Tommy Abel
as USS Nimitz Crew
Andrew Akerson
as USS Nimitz Crew
Nick L. Anelli
as USS Nimitz Crew
Frank R. Arko
as USS Nimitz Crew
Edward Andrews
as USS Nimitz Crew Doctor