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The Philadelphia Experiment

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

1984 · PG · 1h 42m

Directed by Stewart Raffill

6.1

TMDB audience score
478 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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

  • Stephen Tobolowsky
    Barney

  • Gary Brockette
    Adjutant / Andrews

  • Debra Troyer
    Young Pamela

  • Miles McNamara
    Young Longstreet

  • Ralph Manza
    Older Jim

  • James Edgcomb
    Officer Boyer

  • Glenn Morshower
    Mechanic

  • Rodney Saulsberry
    Doctor

  • Vivian Brown
    Ma Willis

  • Stephanie Faulkner
    TV Newscaster #1