The Highest Honor ( Heroes of the Krait ) ( The Southern Cross )

The Highest Honor (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Heroes of the Krait
Alternate Title: The Southern Cross
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1982 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Peter Maxwell
Seiji Maruyama

Written By:
Lee Robinson
Katsuya Susaki

Actors:
Michael Aitkens ..... Maj. R.M. Ingleton
Vincent Ball ..... Lt. Cmdr. Hubert Marsham
Craig Ballard ..... Lt. B. Raymond
James Belton ..... Lt. H.R. Ross
Steve Bisley ..... A.B. W.G. Falls
Tony Bonner ..... Lt. W.G. Carey
Alan Cassell ..... Lt. Ted Carse
Warren Coleman ..... Leading Seaman K.P. Cain
Diane Craig ..... Mrs. Page
Slim DeGrey ..... Leading Stoker J.P. McDowell
George Duff ..... Cpl. A.G. Campbell
Tim Elston ..... Sgt. D.P. Gooley
Takuya Fujioka ..... Matsumoto
Ken Goodlet ..... Bill Reynolds
John Griffiths ..... Sgt. C.B. Cameron
Riki Harada ..... Sgt. Imai
Michael Harrs ..... LCpl. J.T. Hardy
Mark Hembrow ..... Able Seaman F.W. Marsh
Noel Hodda ..... Able Seaman M.M. Berryman
Harold Hopkins ..... Cpl. C.M. Stewart
John Howard ..... Capt. R.C. Page
Andrew Inglis ..... Able Seaman A.M. Jones
Kin'ya Kitaôji ..... Tachibana
Hôsei Komatsu ..... Yabe
Veronica Lang ..... Mrs. Lyon
John Ley ..... Lt. A.I. Sargent
George Mallaby ..... Lt. Cmdr. Don Davidson
Hu Yin Mong ..... Lu Ran Shi
Atsuo Nakamura ..... Minoru Tamiya
Yû Numazaki ..... Capt. Nomura
Neil Redfern ..... WO2 A. Warren
Jiro Sakagami ..... Kimura
Tarô Shigaki ..... Hayakawa
Trevor Sommers ..... Sub. Lt. J.G. Riggs
Mizuho Suzuki ..... Maj. Gen. Kawamura
Jonathan Sweey ..... Cpl. A. Crilley
Hajime Tawara ..... Sgt. Maj. Omori
Gary Waddell ..... Cpl. R.B. Fletcher
Stuart Wilson ..... Lt. Gen. Ivan Lyon
Yû Fujiki ..... (uncredited)

Synopsis:

The Highest Honour (also known as Heroes of the Krait) tells the remarkable true story of Australia's involvement in one of the greatest raids in wartime history. Comprised of volunteers of all branches of the Allied Forces, Z Special Forces was a secret operations unit of the Australian Army during World War II and came under the direct command of General Douglas Macarthur. In an amazing display of courage and determination, Z Special carried out 284 undercover missions in the South-west Pacific Area, the most famous being two daring raids codenamed 'Jaywick' and 'Rimau". In the first of these, the 'Krait', a captured Japanese fishing boat, set out from Australia on the longest range seaborne raid ever undertaken in the history of war. The Krait penetrated deep into Japanese held territory, covering over 17,000 kilometres, to attempt its most deadly mission of all. Theirs was a mission that would not only test Z Special's conviction and dedication to one another but the heroic opportunity to garner the highest honour. Featuring an ensemble cast including John Howard, Steve Bisley, Tony Bonner, Harold Hopkins, Vincent Ball and from the producers of Attack Force Z.

On 11 September 1944, a squad of 23 Australian and British soldiers lead by Lieutanant-Colonel Ivan Lyon leave Fremantle bound for Indonesia as part of Operation Rimau, an attempted repeat of the highly-successful Operation Jaywick the previous year in which nearly sixty ships in Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour were destroyed.

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