Story Line
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.
“War. It's a dying business.”
Top Cast
Michael Caine
Pvt. Tosh Hearne
Cliff Robertson
Lt. Sam Lawson
Ian Bannen
Pvt. Jock Thornton
Harry Andrews
Col. Thompson
Denholm Elliott
Captain Hornsby
Ronald Fraser
Private Campbell
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Rating
6.4/ 10
Release Date
1970-05-20
Runtime
2h 25m
Genres
DramaActionWar
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User Reviews (2)
Wuchak
6/10
•3/15/2019***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. M...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/3/2023Cliff 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" fore...