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    Unique ID Code: 0000016065
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    Added on: 4/4/2001 13:45
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    Too Late the Hero (UK)

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    Three years after he made `The Dirty Dozen`, Robert Aldrich returned to the theme of war
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 129 mins
    Retail Price: £12.99
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    Synopsis:
    Three years after he made `The Dirty Dozen`, Robert Aldrich returned to the theme of war and not only produced and directed, but wrote the story and screenplay for this action-packed adventure epic, featuring reluctant heros and a stunning climax!

    It is WWII, November 1942 and the U.S. launches a major naval offensive in the South Pacific. To ensure batttle plans remain secret, a Japanese radio installation must be destroyed and so American naval officer is ordered by his commander to join a squad of british misfits on a suicide mission to take out the facility.

    Michael Caine is one of the misfits - a cynical soldier who`d just as likely shoot his commanding officer as obey him. However, when the ragtag band learn of secret Japanese plans, what began as a simple suicide mission becomes a war.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Biographies
    Production Notes
    Triva
    Photo Gallery

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Letterbox 1.78:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Mono English

    Directed By:
    Robert Aldrich

    Written By:



    Starring:
    William Beckley
    Denholm Elliott
    Harry Andrews
    Ian Bannen
    Henry Fonda
    Cliff Robertson
    Michael Caine

    Casting By:
    Lynn Stalmaster

    Soundtrack By:
    Gerald Fried

    Director of Photography:
    Joseph F. Biroc

    Editor:
    Michael Luciano
    Joseph Harrison

    Costume Designer:
    Charles E. James

    Production Designer:
    James Dowell Vance

    Producer:
    Walter Blake
    Robert Aldrich

    Distributor:
    Fremantlemedia

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