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Opening titles: Z Special Force was a secret operations unit of the Australian Armed Services in World War Two. It was made up of volunteers from all branches of the Allied Forces and came under the direct command of General Douglas Macarthur. Z Special carried out two hundred and eighty- four war time missions in the Pacific. The most publicised of these were the successful canoe raid on Singapore harbour from the 'Krait' and the subsequent Rimau raid in which all twenty- three participants were either killed in action or executed. The events depicted in this film are an honest and unflinching account of the type of operation carried out by our unit during the war. John L. Gardner (signature) President Z Special Force Association of New South Wales 10th January, 1945. Straits of Sembalang South West Pacific John McCallum Productions Central Motion Picture Corporation presents JOHN PHILLIP LAW Lieutenant J. A. Veitch Army of the Netherland East Indies MEL GIBSON Captain P. G. Kelly Australian Imperial Forces SAM NEILL Sergeant D. J. Costello D.C.M. Australian Imperial Forces CHRIS HAYWOOD Able Seaman A.D. Bird Royal Navy JOHN WATERS Sub Lieutenant E. P. King Royal New Zealand Navy ATTACK FORCE Z (with logo sword penetrating Z) also starring KOO CHUAN-HSIUNG Lin Chan-Lang SYLVIA CHAN Chien Hua O TI Shaw Hu Executive Producers John McCallum George F. Chang Screenplay Roger Marshall Director of Photography Lin Hun-Chung Editor David Stiven Music Eric Jupp Produced by Lee Robinson Directed by Tim Burstall.

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