1941
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58% Critic Match

1941

Paranoia meets pandemonium.

5.8 / 10 1979 1h 58mPG English
ComedyWarAction

Storyline

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

Cast & Crew

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Sgt. Frank Tree

Lead
Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Ward Douglas

John Belushi

John Belushi

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

Lorraine Gary

Lorraine Gary

Joan Douglas

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Claude Crumn

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

Tim Matheson

Tim Matheson

Capt. Loomis Birkhead

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Steven Spielberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. 1941 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker