Movie · 1980
The Final Countdown
“Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.”
Released 31 January 1980 103 min War / Action / Science Fiction More from 1980 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
FR·01
How old were they?
Edward Andrews
as USS Nimitz Crew Doctor
Kirk Douglas
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
Harold Bergman
as Bellman
Charles Durning
as Senator Samuel Chapman
Dan Fitzgerald
as Navy Doctor
Soon-Tek Oh
as Simura
Ted Richert
as Tideman's Assistant
Richard Liberty
as LCdr. Moss
Victor Mohica
as Black Cloud
Ron O'Neal
as Commander Dan Thurman
James Farentino
as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Alvin Ing
as Lt. Kajima
Katharine Ross
as Laurel Scott
Martin Sheen
as Warren Lasky
Lloyd Kaufman
as LCdr. Kaufman
Peter Douglas
as Quartermaster
James Coleman
as Lt. Perry
Joe Lowry
as Cdr. Damon
FR·02
The numbers
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
65Edward Andrews — oldest on the call sheet
24Peter Douglas — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast