

The Final Countdown (1980)
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
Plot Summary
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.
Full Cast & Characters

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
Director & Crew
Don Taylor
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 based on 662 votes.
Who directed The Final Countdown?
The Final Countdown was directed by Don Taylor and released in 1980.
How long is The Final Countdown?
The Final Countdown has a runtime of 1 hours and 43 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1980-01-31
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box Office
- $16.6M
- Status
- Released





