The Final Countdown (1980) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Don Taylor.

Cast

• 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 as Enlisted Man
• Wayne L. Flesher as Enlisted Man
• William S. Frost as Enlisted Man

Crew

• Don Taylor — Director
• Victor J. Kemper — Director of Photography
• John Scott — Original Music Composer
• Peter Douglas — Producer
• David Ambrose — Screenplay
• Gerry Davis — Screenplay
• Thomas Hunter — Screenplay
• Peter Powell — Screenplay

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