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.
- 6.1
- 1984
- Released
- 1h 42m
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
BarneyGary Brockette
Adjutant / AndrewsDebra Troyer
Young PamelaMiles McNamara
Young Longstreet
Ralph Manza
Older JimJames Edgcomb
Officer Boyer
Glenn Morshower
Mechanic
Rodney Saulsberry
DoctorVivian Brown
Ma WillisStephanie Faulkner
TV Newscaster #1Ed Bakey
Pa Willis
Michael Villani
TV Newscaster #2
Vaughn Armstrong
CowboyBill Smillie
EvangelistLawrence Lott
TechnicianStephan O'Reilly
Punk Rocker
Clay Wilcox
TransvestitePat Dasko
Dry Wells NewscasterPamela Brull
Doris
Richard Jewkes
TechnicianPamela Doucette
NurseMichael Ruud
Truck DriverDeborah E. Dixon
NurseMary Lois Grantham
Mrs. WaiteRick Schrand
MandellBrent S. Laing
Radar TechnicianPatrick DeSantis
Jim Jr.Charles Hall
CommanderRaymond Kowalski
Radio TechnicianAndrew McCartney
TechnicianAnthony R. Nuzzo
Generator Technician
Robin Krieger
X-Ray TechnicianJoe Moore
Commander's BuddyDon Dolan
DriverJeffrey S. Smith
SailorTony Farrell
BandleaderAndrew Bracken
Dazed SailorRudy Daniels
Policeman #1Jay Bernard
EngineerSteve Sachs
First SailorBo Parnham
Radio OperatorHarry Beer
Second SailorKerry Lee Maher
Radio Operator
Released
en
$9,000,000.00
$8,103,330.00
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Reviews
Sadly, this has dated really quite badly but it’s still quite a decent story. With the US Navy working in the middle of WWII to find a way to make allied shipping invisible to their Nazi enemy, they think they might have found a gadget to do just that. Off goes the USS “Eldridge” but before the exercise can be completed, two of it’s crew disappear and find themselves transported forty years into t