"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
Edward Andrews
Nick L. Anelli
Frank R. Arko
Robert K. Lambert
Editor
David Ambrose
Screenplay
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Don Taylor
Director
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Thomas Hunter
Gerry Davis
Peter Powell
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Producer
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Maurice Binder
Visual Effects
Associate Producer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Mark Mangini
Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration
Richard L. Anderson
Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head
Fernando Carrere
Production Design
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Joe Day
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Stunt Coordinator
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
Garry Elmendorf
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
Stan Lazan
Unit Production Manager
J. David Jones
Second Unit Director
Makeup Supervisor
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
Colby Smith
Douglas E. Wise
Story