"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."
Kirk Douglas
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen
as Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross
as Laurel Scott
James Farentino
as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal
as Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning
as Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica
as Black Cloud
James Coleman
as Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh
as Simura
Alvin Ing
as Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman
as LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald
as Navy Doctor
Peter Douglas
as Quartermaster
Joe Lowry
as Cdr. Damon
Ted Richert
as Tideman's Assistant
Mark Thomas
as Marine Cpl. Kullman
Harold Bergman
as Bellman
George Warren
as Tideman's Bodyguard
Richard Liberty
as LCdr. Moss
Gary Morgan
as Helicopter Crewman
Phil Philbin
as Admiral
Robert Goodman
as Enlisted Man
Neil Ronco
as Harvey
Bill Couch
as Durrell (as William Couch)
Jack McDermott
as Wynn
Masayuki Yamazuki
as Togawa
George H. Strohsahl Jr.
as Air Boss
Ronald R. Stoops
as Navigator
Kenneth J. Jaskolski
as Assistant Air Boss
Sergei M. Kowalchik
as Crewman
Jake Dennis
as Helicopter Pilot
Jim Toone
as Helicopter Co-Pilot
Edward J. Deats
as Chief
Robert L. Huffman
as Radio Officer
James R. Augustus
as Jr. Officer Of The Deck
Sam P. Baldwin
as Lee Helmsman
Ronnie J. Ellis
as Captain's Aide
Timothy W. Gersbacher
Wayne L. Flesher
William S. Frost
David H. Signor
Tommy Abel
as USS Nimitz Crew
Andrew Akerson
Nick L. Anelli
Frank R. Arko
Edward Andrews
as USS Nimitz Crew Doctor
Robert K. Lambert
Editor
David Ambrose
Screenplay
Gerry Davis
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Thomas Hunter
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Producer
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Peter Powell
Don Taylor
Director
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Associate Producer
Maurice Binder
Visual Effects
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head
Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration
Stunt Coordinator
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Joe Day
Richard L. Anderson
Fernando Carrere
Production Design
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
Pat Elmendorf
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography
David L. Butler
Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
Second Unit Director
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Unit Production Manager
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
J. David Jones
Stunts
Colby Smith
Makeup Supervisor
John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production
Douglas E. Wise
Orwin C. Harvey
Story