Too Late the Hero poster

Cast

Michael Caine profile

Michael Caine

Pvt. Tosh Hearne

Cliff Robertson profile

Cliff Robertson

Lt. Sam Lawson

Ian Bannen profile

Ian Bannen

Pvt. Jock Thornton

Harry Andrews profile

Harry Andrews

Col. Thompson

Denholm Elliott profile

Denholm Elliott

Captain Hornsby

Ronald Fraser profile

Ronald Fraser

Private Campbell

Lance Percival profile

Lance Percival

Cpl. McLean

Percy Herbert profile

Percy Herbert

Sgt. Johnstone

Sam Kydd profile

Sam Kydd

C/Sgt.

Patrick Jordan profile

Patrick Jordan

Sgt. Major

William Beckley profile

William Beckley

Pvt. Currie

Martin Horsey profile

Martin Horsey

Pvt. Griffiths

Don Knight profile

Don Knight

Pvt. Connolly

Harvey Jason profile

Harvey Jason

Pvt. Scott

Roger Newman profile

Roger Newman

Pvt. Riddle

Michael Parsons profile

Michael Parsons

Pvt. Rafferty

Sean MacDuff profile

Sean MacDuff

Pvt. Rogers

Henry Fonda profile

Henry Fonda

Capt. John G Nolan

Ken Takakura profile

Ken Takakura

Major Yamaguchi

Eiichi Kikuchi profile

Eiichi Kikuchi

Japanese Soldier

Robert Ito profile

Robert Ito

Unnamed Japanese Officer (uncr...

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

US

Budget

$6,250,000

Reviews

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A review by Wuchak 6

March 15, 2019

WW2 jungle warfare

In 1942 the Brits have a base at the southern tip of a Jap-held island in the Philippines; a unit is sent on a mission with an American Lieutenant (Cliff Robertson) to take down the radio at the northern end of the isle. Michael Caine plays a troublesome private while Denholm Elliott is on hand as the leader of the patrol.

In tone and story, “Too Late the Hero” (1970) is similar to “Ambush Bay” (1966); other comparable flicks include ...

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A review by CinemaSerf 7

June 3, 2023

Cliff Robertson is "Lawson", an American soldier drafted in to lead a squad of war-weary British soldiers on a jungle mission to destroy a Japanese radio transmitter. It isn't that his men are in any way cowardly, but with Michael Caine's "Tosh" foremost amongst them, they are disillusioned at the relentlessness of it all. What do they do that ever makes a difference? The film comes alive as the troop must try to evade their pursuing enemy - and all of their dastar...

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