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