"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
John Carpenter
Executive Producer
Stewart Raffill
Director
Joel B. Michaels
Producer
Charles Berlitz
Novel
Michael Janover
Screenplay
Dick Bush
Director of Photography
Douglas Curtis
Neil Travis
Editor
William L. Moore
Kenneth Wannberg
Original Music Composer
William Gray
Don Jakoby
Story
Linda Francis
Casting
Wallace C. Bennett
Max W. Anderson
Special Effects
Fernando Celis
Stunt Coordinator
Gail Joyce Fortmuller
Second Assistant Director
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh
Special Effects Coordinator
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Monty Cox
Stunts
Jon H. Epstein
Stunt Double
Sherry Peterson
Glory Fioramonti
Chris Campbell
Art Direction
Brit Babcock
Lead Set Dresser
Philip Sloan
Best Boy Grip
Michael Paris
Still Photographer
James T. Burns
Boom Operator
Michael LaViolette
Electrician
Victor Kloster
Genetator Operator
Dylan Shephard
Grip
Marydith Chase
Wardrobe Assistant
Duane Hensel
Foley Artist
Dick Le Grand
Sound Effects
Joe Giannone
Hairstylist
Ron Sky
Scott Prescott
Norman Fightmaster
Cate Praggastis
Jeffrey Chernov
Robert McClure
Best Boy Electric
M. J. Elliott
Nick Cline
Edward 'Tantar' LeViseur
Ron McCausland
Key Grip
Jeff Greenberg
Casting Assistant
Robert Marcus
Carpenter
Vincent Contarino
Michael Stocks
Ben Hausing
Bryan Clifton
Terry Kelley
Assistant Editor
William Hoy
Bill Cornford
Construction Coordinator
Bobby Huber
Gary Louzon
Assistant Camera
Eric Handel
Lee Berglund
Property Master
Garfield Burke
Steve Lepre
Joanna Palace
Costume Design
Michael Bolner
Wayne Stroud
Robert Hayes
Camera Operator
Annie Maniscalco
Makeup Artist
Gary Towles
Extras Casting Assistant
Billy Ray Smith
Production Manager
Paul Elliott
First Assistant Camera
Steven Finestone
Second Assistant Camera
Diane Campbell
Set Decoration
Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Roger Olkowski
Gaffer
Art Tostado
Color Timer
Joseph A. Liuzzi
Location Manager
Steve Rhea
John R. Harris
Music Editor
Reggie Jackson
Charles Ewing Smith
John K. Adams
Supervising Sound Editor
Joseph Raffill
Devon Heffley Curry
ADR & Dubbing
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Designer
John Post
Paul Hauser
Alan Brownstein
Barbara J. Boguski
Generator Operator
Robert Gravenor
Sound Mixer
Jamie Arbuckle
Production Assistant
Eric Johnson
Tonya Neff
Production Secretary
Al Ebner
Unit Publicist
Brent Bowman
Susan Sinclair
Coni Lancaster
Production Coordinator
Randall L. Crocker
John D. Sarviss
Pilot
Gerald North
Bob Blongiewicz
Teresa Thomas
Lawrence Doll
Catherine Davis
Randy Stricklin
Craft Service
Douy Swofford
Title Designer
Phil Strauss