The Final Countdown (1980)

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PG | 1 hr 44 mins | Thriller | Released: 1/1/1980

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1980

Director	Credit
Don Taylor	Director
Robert K Lambert	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
David Jones	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Kirk Douglas	Captain Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen	Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross	Laurel Scott
James Farentino	Mr Tideman
James Farentino	Commander Richard Owens
Ron O'Neal	Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning	Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica	Black Cloud
James C Lawrence	Lieutenant Perry
Soon-Tek Oh	Simura
Joe Lowry	Commander Damon
Alvin Ing	Kajima
Mark Thomas	Corporal Kullman
Harold Bergman	Bellman
Dan Fitzgerald	Navy Doctor
Lloyd Kaufman	Lieutenant Commander Kaufman
Peter Douglas	Quartermaster
Ted Richert	Tideman's Assistant
George Warren	Tideman's Bodyguard
Gary Morgan	Helicopter Crewman
Phil Philbin	Admiral
Richard Liberty	Lieutenant Commander Moss
Neil Ronco	Harvey
William Couch	Durrell
Jack McDermott	Wynn
Masayuki Yamazuki	Togawa
George H Strohsahl Jr	Air Boss
Ronald R Stoops	Navigator
Kenneth J Jaskolski	Assistant Air Boss
Sergei M Kowalchik	Crewman
Jake Dennis	Helicopter Pilot
Jim Toone	Helicopter Co-pilot
Edward J Deats	Chief
Robert L Huffman	Radio Officer
James R Augustus	Junior Officer of the Deck
Sam P Baldwin	Lee Helmsman
Ronnie J Ellis	Captain's Aide
Robert Goodman	Enlisted Man
Timothy W Gersbacher	Enlisted Man
David H Signor	Enlisted Man
Wayne L Flesher	Enlisted Man
William S Frost	Enlisted Man
Tommy Abel	Crew Member
Andrew Akerson	Crew Member
Edward Andrews	Crew Member
Nick L Anelli	Crew Member
Frank R Arko	Crew Member
Emory W Brown	Crew Member
Michael K Balint	Crew Member
James Bulick	Crew Member
Andris Damberkaln	Crew Member
John T Davis	Crew Member
Michael A Davis	Crew Member
James A Dennis Jr	Crew Member
Frank DiRamio	Crew Member
Jerry D Elliott	Crew Member
Richard Farrell	Crew Member
James W Houston	Crew Member
Richard Johnson	Crew Member
Ronald Kissel	Crew Member
Michael J Kubat	Crew Member
Raymond R Langley	Crew Member
Eric Lofquist	Crew Member
Kermit L McCorble	Crew Member
Robert K Miller	Crew Member
William H Miller	Crew Member
Gerry Mountcastle	Crew Member
Bill McCluskey	Crew Member
Alan Mullen	Crew Member
Charles F Myers	Crew Member
Jeffrey L Myers	Crew Member
Randy M Olin	Crew Member
David F Person	Crew Member
Raymond M Reynaud	Crew Member
Daniel C Rockwell	Crew Member
Francis Ross	Crew Member
Trevor R Sandison	Crew Member
Gregory T Swarney	Crew Member
Andrey Swystun	Crew Member
Christopher V Totis	Crew Member
Mark Trenor	Crew Member
Brian Tyndall	James W Houston
Peter Vogt	Crew Member
David Wanamaker	Crew Member
Stephen G Weaver	Crew Member
Jan P Werson	Crew Member
Stephen G Williams	Crew Member
Aaron B Wilson	Crew Member
Scott Michael Wilson	Crew Member
David F Young	Crew Member
Production Credits	Credit
Richard R St Johns	Executive Producer
Lloyd Kaufman	Associate Producer
Peter Douglas	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Bryna Company	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
United Artists Pictures Inc.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Monroe County, Florida
Writer	Credit
Thomas Hunter	From Story
David Ambrose	Screenplay
Gerry Davis	Screenplay
Peter Powell	From Story
Thomas Hunter	Screenplay
Peter Powell	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Jim McMahon	Auditor - locations auditor
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Gary Gero	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Fernando Carrere	Production Designer
Dennis Peebles	Set Decorator
Film Camera	Credit
Virgil Tanner	Color Timer
Robert C Thomas	Camera Operator
Victor J Kemper	Director of Photography
Bob Marta	Camera Assistant
Louis Schwartzberg	Photography - time-lapse photography
Stan Lazan	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Robert Horne	Camera Assistant
David Lawrence Butler	Director of Photography - director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Jim Coe	Photography - stills
Music	Credit
George Craig	Music Supervisor
John Scott	Music
Else Blangsted Ltd	Music Editor
Milton Lustig	Music Editor
Physical Effects	Credit
Bill Couch	Stunt Coordinator
Orwin Harvey	Stunts
Colby Smith	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Florence Nerlinger	Production Coordinator
Robert K Lambert	Post-Production Supervisor
Pat Kehoe	Assistant Director
Mark McGann	DGA Trainee
Anthony Gittelson	Location Coordinator
Lloyd Kaufman	Unit Production Manager
Lynn Aber	Script Supervisor
Mark Winter	Location Assistant
Doug Wise	Assistant Director
Judi Bunn	Production Coordinator - production coordinator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Douglas Kenny	Location Assistant
B J Johnson	Location Coordinator
Ed Milkovich	Assistant Director
Benjamin Bruce	Location Coordinator
Publicity	Credit
Jack Casey	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
John Richards	Sound Mixer
Robert Cosby Jr	Boom Operator
Bruce Bisenz	Sound - sound recording
Alan Howarth	Sound Effects - special sound effects
Richard L Anderson	Sound Effects Editor
Stephen Hunter Flick	Sound Effects Editor
Robert J Litt	Sound - sound rerecording
David J Kimball	Sound - sound rerecording
Warren Hamilton Jr	Sound Effects Editor
Howard Wollman	Sound - sound rerecording
Mark Mangini	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Maurice Binder	Special Effects - special visual effects
Pat Elmendorf	Special Effects
Garry Elmendorf	Special Effects
Joe Day	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Romaine Greene	Hair - hairstyles
Bob Mills	Makeup - special makeup
Bob Mills	Makeup Supervisor
Ray Summers	Costumes
Irving Buckman	Makeup
Cynthia Bales	Costumes
James W Tyson	Costumes

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