Movie
Attack Force Z
Overview
Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-06-01
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- War, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fauna Productions, Central Motion Picture Corporation, Australian Film Commission, John McCallum Productions
- Country
- Australia, Taiwan
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Captain Kelly
- John Phillip Law as Lieutenant Veitch
- Sam Neill as Sergeant Costello
- Chris Haywood as Able Seaman A.D. 'Sparrer' Bird
- Sylvia Chang as Chien Hua
- Ko Chun-Hsiung as Lin Chan-Lang
- John Waters as Ted King
- Val Champion as Ed Ayres
- Yi Yuan as Imanaka
Crew
- Tim Burstall - Director
- Roger Marshall - Screenplay
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