The Philadelphia Experiment

(402)

10/5/1984

1h 42min

Science Fiction

Adventure

Thriller

Tagline

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

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.

Director

Stewart Raffill

Screenplay

Michael Janover

Screenplay

William Gray

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Status
Released
Budget
$9,000,000.00
Revenue
$8,103,330.00
Original Language
English
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Louise Latham

Pamela

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Major Clark

Joe Dorsey

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Michael Currie

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Barney

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Adjutant / Andr...

Debra Troyer

Young Pamela

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Young Longstree...

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Officer Boyer

Glenn Morshower

Mechanic

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Doctor

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Ma Willis

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TV Newscaster #...

Ed Bakey

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Vaughn Armstrong

Cowboy

Bill Smillie

Evangelist

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Technician

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Punk Rocker

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Transvestite

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Doris

Richard Jewkes

Technician

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Nurse

Michael Ruud

Truck Driver

Deborah E. Dixon

Nurse

Mary Lois Granth...

Mrs. Waite

Rick Schrand

Mandell

Brent S. Laing

Radar Technicia...

Patrick DeSantis

Jim Jr.

Charles Hall

Commander

David Michels

Commander

Raymond Kowalski

Radio Technicia...

Andrew McCartney

Technician

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Generator Techn...

Robin Krieger

X-Ray Technicia...

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Don Dolan

Driver

Jeffrey S. Smith

Sailor

Tony Farrell

Bandleader

Andrew Bracken

Dazed Sailor

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Policeman #1

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Engineer

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First Sailor

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Radio Operator

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Second Sailor

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Radio Operator

CinemaSerf 3/13/2025

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 t ...Show More