Stars: Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Lance Percival

Director: Robert Aldrich

Summary: In November 1942, British and Japanese forces hold opposite ends of a small South Pacific island. A Japanese-speaking U.S. officer is assigned to assist the British Patrol in a dangerous sabotage attempt.

In Robert Aldrich's pulsating World War II thriller, Lawson (Cliff Robertson), an American naval officer specializing in Asiatic languages, is sent to the Pacific theater to assist a group of British soldiers (Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, and Harry Andrews) in a seemingly simple mission--knock out the enemy's key transmitter. But the allied soldiers soon realize they are up against unsurpassable odds and that hopes of survival are sliver thin. Lawson takes charge of the group and devises a daring plan of escape.
Robertson lends the film emotional depth with his portrayal of Lawson as a reluctant hero transforming himself into a leader as the suicidal nature of the mission grows ever clearer. In the tradition of Aldrich's earlier action-adventure extravaganzas THE DIRTY DOZEN and THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, TOO LATE THE HERO features a formidable cast, exotic sets, cataclysmic special effects, and an ever-tightening grip of suspense, making the film a worthy addition to the director's canon of macho, white-knuckle forays deep into the lethal epicenter of war.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1969
Release Date:	January 1, 2008
Runtime:	129 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	F H E D 2120
Keywords:	Too, War, Run, Late, Hero, Wide, Screen, Suicide
Genre:	War