The Highest Honor (1982)

The true story of a daring raid on Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour by Australian and British troops during WWII.

Directors:

Peter Maxwell, Seiji Maruyama

Writers:

Lee Robinson, Yuzuru Shinozaki (book),

Stars:

Michael Aitkens, Vincent Ball, Craig Ballard

Cast

Credited cast:
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

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

british | japanese occupied singapore | australian | singapore | indonesia | 

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Genres:

War | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Japan Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Southern Cross

Company Credits

Production Co:

Southern Films International, Shin Nippon Eiga, Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

144 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie shows soldiers traveling in canoes in conducting their mission to blow-up enemy ships as was also the case during the mission in The Cockleshell Heroes.

User Reviews

Well - could have been a good movie.

There is one big, big lesson EVERY warrior needs to learn before doing battle - never, as in NEVER - volunteer information. John Howard's big mouth got them all killed. It freaked me out that he would volunteer anything to the enemy - the truth will NOT set you free. Up until his faux paux - it had the making of a good movie. Showing both sides of the coin was good & incisive. But - the ultimate deterioration of this movie came when Howard admits everything - as if a "confession" will help matters. If it weren't for that stupidity - it would have been a good movie. At best - I can only stomach parts of this movie - and stop at the dumb part. WHat else can I say - he cooked his own goose & his team mates with him. The guy i dumber than dirt - if that's at all possible. Care to talk - I'm at [e-mail]