1941

1941

(1979)

Tagline

Paranoia meets pandemonium.

Starring

Dan Aykroyd Ned Beatty John Belushi Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton

Director

Steven Spielberg

Genre

Action Comedy

Running Time

113 minutes

1941

Overview

It's been six days since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Panic grips California, supposedly the next target of the Japanese forces. Everywhere in California, people are suffering from war nerves. Chaos erupts all over the state. An Army Air Corps Captain, a civilian with a deranged sense of Nationalism, civilian defenders, and a Motor Pool crew all end up chasing a Japanese sub planning to attack LA.

Released

13 December 1979

Budget

£0

Revenue

£0

Language

German English Japanese

Studio

Country of Origin

United States of America

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
Robert Stack...Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
Treat Williams...Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski
John Candy...Pvt. Foley
Toshirô Mifune...Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
Warren Oates...Col. 'Madman' Maddox
Nancy Allen...Donna Stratton
Lucille Benson...Gas Mama (Eloise)
Jordan Brian...Macey Douglas
Elisha Cook Jr....The Patron (Dexter)
Eddie Deezen...Herbie Kazlminsky
Bobby Di Cicco...Wally Stephens
Dianne Kay...Betty Douglas
Perry Lang...Dennis DeSoto
Patti LuPone...Lydia Hedberg
J. Patrick McNamara...Pvt. DuBois
Frank McRae...Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones
Steven Mond...Gus Douglas
Slim Pickens...Hollis P. Wood
Wendie Jo Sperber...Maxine Dexheimer
David L. Lander...Joe
Michael McKean...Willy
Dick Miller...Officer Miller
Lionel Stander...Angelo Scioli
Dub Taylor...Mr. Malcomb
Iggie Wolfington...Meyer Mishkin
Joe Flaherty...Raoul Lipschitz

Crew

Robert Zemeckis...Writer
William A. Fraker...Director of Photography
John Williams...Music
Steven Spielberg...Director
Michael Kahn...Editor
Bob Gale...Producer
John Milius...Screenplay