
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

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
Nick L. Anelli
USS Nimitz Crew
Frank R. Arko
USS Nimitz Crew

Edward Andrews
USS Nimitz Crew Doctor
Crew

Don Taylor
Director

David Ambrose
Screenplay, Story

Gerry Davis
Screenplay

Thomas Hunter
Screenplay, Story
Peter Powell
Screenplay, Story
Robert K. Lambert
Editor, Second Unit Director

Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Peter Douglas
Producer

Lloyd Kaufman
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Fernando Carrere
Production Design
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head, Makeup Supervisor
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
J. David Jones
Second Unit Director, Stunts
Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography
David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director

Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor

Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
Joe Day
Special Effects
Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects
Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects

Maurice Binder
Visual Effects

John Scott
Original Music Composer
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
Colby Smith
Stunts
Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator

Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production
Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
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