The Philadelphia Experiment

The Philadelphia Experiment

6.1IMDb Score
Released:1984-10-05
Genre:Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
Duration:102 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Stewart Raffill
Actors:Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco, Louise Latham
Production:New Pictures Group, New World Pictures, Cinema Group Ventures

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.

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