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- In the 1942 Pacific War theatre of World War II, Lieutenant Sam Lawson (Cliff Robertson), is a Japanese language interpreter who - so far - has avoided combat.
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Too Late the Hero is a 1970 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen and Harry Andrews . Plot. In the 1942 Pacific theatre of World War II, Lieutenant Junior Grade Sam Lawson, USN, is a Japanese-language interpreter who — so far — has avoided combat.
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Jun 26, 1970 · Too Late the Hero: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews. A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
- (4K)
- Action, Drama, War
- Robert Aldrich
- 1970-06-26
In the spring of 1942, in the southwest Pacific, Captain John G. Nolan postpones the leave of the volunteer Lieutenant Sam Lawson. Instead, he gives him an assignment in the New Hebrides with British troops, based on the required profile, fluency in Japanese.
During World War II, Allied forces interpreter Sam Lawson (Cliff Robertson) is called on by his superior for a dangerous mission. Up to this point, Lawson has managed to completely avoid combat.
- (14)
- Robert Aldrich
- PG
- Michael Caine
Historical accuracy. Shooting. Reception. Critical response. Box office. Home media. Novelizations. References. External links. Plot. In the 1942 Pacific theatre of World War II, Lieutenant Junior Grade Sam Lawson, USN, is a Japanese-language interpreter who — so far — has avoided combat.
Mar 28, 2019 · In Too Late the Hero, however, there is no-one with whom to identify. The ostensible protagonist, Lieutenant Lawson (Cliff Robertson), enters the film drunk, dishevelled, and disrespectful – an opportunist looking for the safest route through the war (shades of William Holden’s American protagonist in Bridge on the River Kwai [David Lean ...
Lawson sets out with the commandos' ineffectual leader, Captain Hornsby, and soon three of the British soldiers are killed in a Japanese ambush. Lawson and Pvt. Tosh Hearne, a cynical Cockney, become increasingly distrustful of Hornsby's ability, and upon reaching the Japanese camp, Lawson refuses to go into the radio hut.
