“The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago...is still going on.”
The Philadelphia Experiment
6.1
452 votes·1984
·1h 42m
·MovieScience FictionAdventureThriller
Overview
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.
Commercial Verdict
Flop
Revenue vs Budget0.9x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Lost money at the box office
Keywords
experimentbased on novel or bookaftermathintelligencetime travelbiographybased on true storyurban legendfalling in loveuss eldridge
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
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