Overview:
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.Status: | Released (1970-05-20) |
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Screen: | Robert Aldrich, Robert Sherman, Lukas Heller |
Productions: | ABC Pictures, The Associates & Aldrich Company, Palomar Pictures International |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3895: Michael Caine - Pvt. Tosh Hearne
- 19153: Cliff Robertson - Lt. Sam Lawson
- 2481: Ian Bannen - Pvt. Jock Thornton
- 19463: Harry Andrews - Col. Thompson
- 656: Denholm Elliott - Captain Hornsby
- 51881: Ronald Fraser - Private Campbell
- 94836: Lance Percival - Cpl. McLean
Crews
- 18392: Robert Aldrich - Story - Writing
- 140111: Robert Sherman - Story - Writing
- 21600: Lukas Heller - Screenplay - Writing
- 18392: Robert Aldrich - Director - Directing
- 18392: Robert Aldrich - Screenplay - Writing
- 3350: Gerald Fried - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 14431: Joseph F. Biroc - Director of Photography - Camera
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***WW2 jungle warfare*** In 1942 the Brits have a base at the southern tip of a Jap-held island in the Philippines; a unit is sent on a mission with an American Lieutenant (Cliff Robertson) to take down the radio at the northern end of the isle. Michael Caine plays a troublesome p ....
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Cliff Robertson is "Lawson", an American soldier drafted in to lead a squad of war-weary British soldiers on a jungle mission to destroy a Japanese radio transmitter. It isn't that his men are in any way cowardly, but with Michael Caine's "Tosh" foremost amongst them, they are disill ....
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