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.
David Herdeg
Michael Paré
Allison Hayes
Nancy Allen
Dr. James Longstreet
Eric Christmas
Jim Parker
Bobby Di Cicco
Pamela
Louise Latham
Major Clark
Kene Holliday
Sheriff Bates
Joe Dorsey
Magnussen
Michael Currie
Barney
Stephen Tobolowsky
Adjutant / Andrews
Gary Brockette
Young Pamela
Debra Troyer
Young Longstreet
Miles McNamara
Older Jim
Ralph Manza
Officer Boyer
James Edgcomb
Mechanic
Glenn Morshower
Doctor
Rodney Saulsberry
Ma Willis
Vivian Brown
TV Newscaster #1
Stephanie Faulkner
Pa Willis
Ed Bakey
TV Newscaster #2
Michael Villani
Cowboy
Vaughn Armstrong
Evangelist
Bill Smillie
Technician
Lawrence Lott
Punk Rocker
Stephan O'Reilly
Transvestite
Clay Wilcox
Dry Wells Newscaster
Pat Dasko
Doris
Pamela Brull
Technician
Richard Jewkes
Nurse
Pamela Doucette
Truck Driver
Michael Ruud
Nurse
Deborah E. Dixon
Mrs. Waite
Mary Lois Grantham
Mandell
Rick Schrand
Radar Technician
Brent S. Laing
Jim Jr.
Patrick DeSantis
Commander
Charles Hall
Commander
David Michels
Radio Technician
Raymond Kowalski
Technician
Andrew McCartney
Generator Technician
Anthony R. Nuzzo
X-Ray Technician
Robin Krieger
Commander's Buddy
Joe Moore
Driver
Don Dolan
Sailor
Jeffrey S. Smith
Bandleader
Tony Farrell
Dazed Sailor
Andrew Bracken
Policeman #1
Rudy Daniels
Engineer
Jay Bernard
First Sailor
Steve Sachs
Radio Operator
Bo Parnham
Second Sailor
Harry Beer
Radio Operator
Kerry Lee Maher