Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z

1982•1h 33m•6.0/10

WarAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(68)

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.

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Production

Fauna Productions, Central Motion Picture Corporation, Australian Film Commission, John McCallum Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Captain Kelly

John Phillip Law

John Phillip Law

Lieutenant Veitch

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Sergeant Costello

Chris Haywood

Chris Haywood

Able Seaman A.D. 'Sparrer' Bird

Sylvia Chang

Sylvia Chang

Chien Hua

Ko Chun-Hsiung

Ko Chun-Hsiung

Lin Chan-Lang

John Waters

John Waters

Ted King

Val Champion

Ed Ayres

Yi Yuan

Yi Yuan

Imanaka

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