The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1980-01-31
Duration:103 min
Director:Don Taylor
Actors:Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal
Production:Bryna Productions, United Artists

Overview:

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.

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