"Paranoia meets pandemonium."

1979

1h 58m

5.8(655 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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85 members

Acting

Dan Aykroyd

Sgt. Frank Tree

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Ned Beatty

Ward Douglas

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John Belushi

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

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Lorraine Gary

Joan Douglas

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Murray Hamilton

Claude Crumn

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Christopher Lee

Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

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Tim Matheson

Capt. Loomis Birkhead

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三船敏郎

Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura

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Warren Oates

Col. 'Madman' Maddox

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Robert Stack

Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

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Treat Williams

Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski

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Nancy Allen

Donna Stratton

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Lucille Benson

Gas Mama (Eloise)

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Jordan Brian

Macey Douglas

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John Candy

Pvt. Foley

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Elisha Cook Jr.

The Patron (Dexter)

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Eddie Deezen

Herbie Kazlminsky

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Bobby Di Cicco

Wally Stephens

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Dianne Kay

Betty Douglas

Directing

Perry Lang

Dennis DeSoto

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Patti LuPone

Lydia Hedberg

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J. Patrick McNamara

Pvt. DuBois

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Frank McRae

Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones

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Steven Mond

Gus Douglas

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Slim Pickens

Hollis P. Wood

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Wendie Jo Sperber

Maxine Dexheimer

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Lionel Stander

Angelo Scioli

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Dub Taylor

Mr. Malcomb

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Iggie Wolfington

Meyer Mishkin

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Christian Brackett-Zika

Stevie Douglas

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Joe Flaherty

Raoul Lipschitz

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David L. Lander

Joe

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Michael McKean

Willy

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Susan Backlinie

Polar Bear Woman

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E. Hampton Beagle

Phone Man

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Deborah Benson

USO Girl

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Don Calfa

Telephone Operator

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Dave Cameron

Reporter

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Vito Carenzo

Vito, Shore Patrol

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Mark Carlton

Stilwell Aide

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Gary Carlos Cervantes

Zoot Suiter

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Paul Cloud

Stilwell Aide

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Luis Contreras

Zoot Suiter

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Carol Culver

Anderson Sister

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Lucinda Dooling

Lucinda

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Production

Gray Frederickson

Lt. Bressler

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Brian Frishman

USO Goon

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Samuel Fuller

Interceptor Commander

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Marjorie Gaines

Anderson Sister

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Dian Gallup

Twin

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Denise Gallup

Twin

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Trish Garland

Anderson Sister

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Barbara Gannen

Interceptor Assistant

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Brad Gorman

USO Nerd

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Jerry Hardin

Map Man

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Diane Hardin

Interceptor Assistant

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Robert Houston

Maddox's Soldier

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Audrey Landers

USO Girl

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John Landis

Mizerany

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Mark Marias

Dept. Store Kid

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John McKee

Reporter

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Ronnie McMillan

Winowski

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Dan McNally

Reporter

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Dick Miller

Officer Miller

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Akio Mitamura

Ashimoto

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Antoinette Molinari

Mrs. Scioli

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Walter Olkewicz

Hinshaw

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Mickey Rourke

Reese

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Whitney Rydbeck

Daffy

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Donovan Scott

Kid Sailor

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Kerry Sherman

USO Girl

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清水宏

Ito

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Geno Silva

Martinez

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Rita Taggart

Reporter

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Maureen Teefy

USO Girl

Directing

Andy Tennant

Babyface

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Jack Thibeau

Stilwell Aide

Writing

Galen Thompson

Stilwell Aide

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Frankie Verroca

USO Nerd

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John Voldstad

USO Nerd

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Carol Ann Williams

USO Girl

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Jenny Williams

USO Girl

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James Caan

Sailor in Fight (uncredited)

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Penny Marshall

Miss Fitzroy (uncredited)

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Denise Cheshire

Swimming Girl (at U-boat periscope)

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