The Philadelphia Experiment
1984 · 1h 42m · Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller · United States of America · Rated PG (US)
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.
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