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The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

Film · 1984 · 102 min · PG · Science Fiction · Adventure · Thriller

The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago...is still going on.

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.

Directed by Stewart Raffill

Starring Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco, Louise Latham, Kene Holliday, Joe Dorsey, Michael Currie

Release dates in United States

In cinemas3 August 1984
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release1 January 1995
First release anywhere5 October 1984

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