1941 (1979)

12/14/1979 (US) • 1h 58m

Comedy, War, Action

Paranoia meets pandemonium.

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Dan Aykroyd

Sgt. Frank Tree

Ned Beatty

Ward Douglas

John Belushi

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

Lorraine Gary

Joan Douglas

Murray Hamilton

Claude Crumn

Christopher Lee

Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

Tim Matheson

Capt. Loomis Birkhead

Toshirō Mifune

Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura

Warren Oates

Col. 'Madman' Maddox


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$94,900,000.00

Keywords

california

panic

submarine

war ship

world war ii

pearl harbor

satire

los angeles, california

1940s

anarchic comedy

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