The Final Countdown
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
103 mins
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.
James Coleman
Lt. Perry
Peter Douglas
Quartermaster
Joe Lowry
Cdr. Damon
Ted Richert
Tideman's Assistant
Mark Thomas
Marine Cpl. Kullman
George Warren
Tideman's Bodyguard
Richard Liberty
LCdr. Moss
Phil Philbin
Admiral
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
Robert K. Lambert
Editor
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Peter Douglas
Producer
Peter Powell
Screenplay
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head
Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration
Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Joe Day
Special Effects
Fernando Carrere
Production Design
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography
David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert K. Lambert
Second Unit Director
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
J. David Jones
Stunts
Colby Smith
Stunts
Bob Mills
Makeup Supervisor
John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production
J. David Jones
Second Unit Director
Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
Peter Powell
Story