
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.
The Final Countdown
January 31, 1980
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Cast (46)

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

Edward Andrews
USS Nimitz Crew

Nick L. Anelli
USS Nimitz Crew

Frank R. Arko
USS Nimitz Crew
Crew (52)
Directing

Don Taylor
Director

Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director

Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director

Robert K. Lambert
Second Unit Director

Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director

Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor

J. David Jones
Second Unit Director
Writing

David Ambrose
Story

David Ambrose
Screenplay

Thomas Hunter
Screenplay

Thomas Hunter
Story

Gerry Davis
Screenplay

Peter Powell
Screenplay

Peter Powell
Story
Production

Lloyd Kaufman
Unit Production Manager

Lloyd Kaufman
Associate Producer

John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production

Peter Douglas
Producer

Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Sound

Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editor

John Scott
Original Music Composer

Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor

Milton Lustig
Music Editor

Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor

Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer

Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
Art

Fernando Carrere
Production Design

Kent H. Johnson
Property Master

Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration

William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator

Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
Camera

Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography

David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography

Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography

Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator

Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up

Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist

Ray Summers
Costume Design

Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head

Bob Mills
Makeup Supervisor

Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Crew

Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator

Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects

Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts

Jack Casey
Unit Publicist

Joe Day
Special Effects

Colby Smith
Stunts

J. David Jones
Stunts

Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects
Editing

Robert K. Lambert
Editor
Lighting

Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Visual Effects

Maurice Binder
Visual Effects