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