The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

102 min · Thriller, Time Travel, action film, biographical film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film, time-travel film

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Directors

Stewart Raffill

Cast

Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco, Kene Holliday, Louise Latham, Gary Brockette, Joe Dorsey, Debra Troyer, Stephen Tobolowsky

The story

In 1943, United States Navy sailors David Herdeg and Jim Parker serve aboard destroyer escort USS Eldridge, docked in Philadelphia. Doctor James Longstreet and his team conduct an experiment to render the ship invisible to radar, but a malfunction causes the ship to disappear. David and Jim's attempts to stop the experiment fail and they jump overboard to escape.

Catalogue themes and tags

Aftermath, Experiment, Intelligence, Time Travel, verlieben, Thriller, Science Fiction, Indie, Fantasy, Film adaptation, Drama, Time travel, Romance Film, Adventure

Genres

Thriller, Time Travel, action film, biographical film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film, time-travel film

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