Too Late the Hero (1970)
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Genres - Action, Adventure, War |
Sub-Genres - War Adventure |
Release Date - May 20, 1970 (USA) |
Run Time - 133 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Filmed on location in the Philippines Robert Aldrich's Too Late the Hero is set in the last months of World War II. Lackadaisical navy lieutenant Cliff Robertson, who happens to speak fluent Japanese, is ordered to go on a suicide mission to wipe out an enemy observation post. Robertson's equally unwilling partners in this venture are British captain Denholm Elliot and pugnacious cockney private Michael Caine. All three men prove to have unsuspected reserves of courage when the going gets toughest.
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Navy, lieutenant, coward, leader, suicide-mission, war