"Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984."
Michael Paré
as David Herdeg
Nancy Allen
as Allison Hayes
Eric Christmas
as Dr. James Longstreet
Bobby Di Cicco
as Jim Parker
Louise Latham
as Pamela
Kene Holliday
as Major Clark
Joe Dorsey
as Sheriff Bates
Michael Currie
as Magnussen
Stephen Tobolowsky
as Barney
Gary Brockette
as Adjutant / Andrews
Debra Troyer
as Young Pamela
Miles McNamara
as Young Longstreet
Ralph Manza
as Older Jim
James Edgcomb
as Officer Boyer
Glenn Morshower
as Mechanic
Rodney Saulsberry
as Doctor
Vivian Brown
as Ma Willis
Stephanie Faulkner
as TV Newscaster #1
Ed Bakey
as Pa Willis
Michael Villani
as TV Newscaster #2
Vaughn Armstrong
as Cowboy
Bill Smillie
as Evangelist
Lawrence Lott
as Technician
Stephan O'Reilly
as Punk Rocker
Clay Wilcox
as Transvestite
Pat Dasko
as Dry Wells Newscaster
Pamela Brull
as Doris
Richard Jewkes
Pamela Doucette
as Nurse
Michael Ruud
as Truck Driver
Deborah E. Dixon
Mary Lois Grantham
as Mrs. Waite
Rick Schrand
as Mandell
Brent S. Laing
as Radar Technician
Patrick DeSantis
as Jim Jr.
Charles Hall
as Commander
David Michels
Raymond Kowalski
as Radio Technician
Andrew McCartney
Anthony R. Nuzzo
as Generator Technician
Robin Krieger
as X-Ray Technician
Joe Moore
as Commander's Buddy
Don Dolan
as Driver
Jeffrey S. Smith
as Sailor
Tony Farrell
as Bandleader
Andrew Bracken
as Dazed Sailor
Rudy Daniels
as Policeman #1
Jay Bernard
as Engineer
Steve Sachs
as First Sailor
Bo Parnham
as Radio Operator
Harry Beer
as Second Sailor
Kerry Lee Maher
Stewart Raffill
Director
Charles Berlitz
Novel
William L. Moore
William Gray
Screenplay
Michael Janover
John Carpenter
Executive Producer
Douglas Curtis
Producer
Joel B. Michaels
Kenneth Wannberg
Original Music Composer
Dick Bush
Director of Photography
Neil Travis
Editor
Wallace C. Bennett
Story
Don Jakoby
Linda Francis
Casting
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Gail Joyce Fortmuller
Second Assistant Director
Max W. Anderson
Special Effects
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh
Special Effects Coordinator
Jon H. Epstein
Stunt Double
Fernando Celis
Stunt Coordinator
Monty Cox
Stunts
Glory Fioramonti
Sherry Peterson
Chris Campbell
Art Direction
Diane Campbell
Set Decoration
Joanna Palace
Costume Design
Joe Giannone
Hairstylist
Annie Maniscalco
Makeup Artist
Billy Ray Smith
Production Manager
Jeffrey Chernov
Robert Marcus
Carpenter
Bill Cornford
Construction Coordinator
Brit Babcock
Lead Set Dresser
Eric Handel
Lee Berglund
Property Master
Ben Hausing
Best Boy Electric
Wayne Stroud
Robert McClure
Philip Sloan
Best Boy Grip
Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Robert Hayes
Camera Operator
Michael Bolner
Electrician
Garfield Burke
Vincent Contarino
Paul Hauser
Ron Sky
Michael LaViolette
Nick Cline
Alan Brownstein
Bobby Huber
Bryan Clifton
Paul Elliott
First Assistant Camera
Roger Olkowski
Gaffer
Victor Kloster
Genetator Operator
Dylan Shephard
Grip
Michael Stocks
Edward 'Tantar' LeViseur
Scott Prescott
Norman Fightmaster
Ron McCausland
Key Grip
Steven Finestone
Second Assistant Camera
M. J. Elliott
Still Photographer
Michael Paris
Gary Louzon
Assistant Camera
Cate Praggastis
Jeff Greenberg
Casting Assistant
Gary Towles
Extras Casting Assistant
Steve Lepre
Wardrobe Assistant
Marydith Chase
Terry Kelley
Assistant Editor
William Hoy
Art Tostado
Color Timer
Reggie Jackson
Location Manager
Joseph A. Liuzzi
Joseph Raffill
Steve Rhea
John R. Harris
Music Editor
Barbara J. Boguski
ADR & Dubbing
Devon Heffley Curry
James T. Burns
Boom Operator
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
Duane Hensel
Foley Artist
John Post
Generator Operator
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Designer
Dick Le Grand
Sound Effects
Charles Ewing Smith
Robert Gravenor
Sound Mixer
John K. Adams
Supervising Sound Editor
Craft Service
Lawrence Doll
Pilot
John D. Sarviss
Jamie Arbuckle
Production Assistant
Bob Blongiewicz
Brent Bowman
Eric Johnson
Phil Strauss
Randy Stricklin
Catherine Davis
Randall L. Crocker
Gerald North
Coni Lancaster
Production Coordinator
Teresa Thomas
Production Secretary
Susan Sinclair
Tonya Neff
Douy Swofford
Title Designer
Al Ebner
Unit Publicist