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1941

"Soon the screen will be bombarded by the most explosive barrage of クソッ ever filmed."

1979

1h 58m

5.8(739 votes)

Comedy

War

Action

Overview

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Sgt. Frank Tree

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Ward Douglas

John Belushi

John Belushi

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

Lorraine Gary

Lorraine Gary

Joan Douglas

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Claude Crumn

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

Tim Matheson

Tim Matheson

Capt. Loomis Birkhead

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura

Warren Oates

Warren Oates

Col. 'Madman' Maddox

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

Creative team

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: Bob Gale
Robert Zemeckis
Produced by: Buzz Feitshans

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