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1984 • 1h 42min • PG • Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller

The Philadelphia Experiment

"The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago...is still going on."

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.

IMDb 6.1

RT 50%

MC 44

Director

Stewart Raffill

Writers

William Gray

William L. Moore

Charles Berlitz

Composer

Kenneth Wannberg

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Michael Paré

David Herdeg

Nancy Allen

Allison Hayes

Eric Christmas

Dr. James Longstreet

Bobby Di Cicco

Jim Parker

Louise Latham

Pamela

Kene Holliday

Major Clark

Joe Dorsey

Sheriff Bates

Michael Currie

Magnussen

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Nancy Allen Allison Hayes

Eric Christmas Dr. James Longstreet

Bobby Di Cicco Jim Parker

Louise Latham Pamela

Kene Holliday Major Clark

Joe Dorsey Sheriff Bates

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Stephen Tobolowsky Barney

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