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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)PresidentZ Special Force Association of New South Wales
10th January, 1945.
Straits of SembalangSouth West Pacific
John McCallum Productions
Central Motion Picture Corporationpresents
JOHN PHILLIP LAW
Lieutenant J. A. VeitchArmy of the Netherland East Indies
MEL GIBSON
Captain P. G. KellyAustralian Imperial Forces
SAM NEILL
Sergeant D. J. Costello D.C.M.Australian Imperial Forces
CHRIS HAYWOOD
Able Seaman A.D. BirdRoyal Navy
JOHN WATERS
Sub Lieutenant E. P. KingRoyal New Zealand Navy
ATTACK FORCEZ (with logo sword penetrating Z)
also starring
KOO CHUAN-HSIUNG
Lin Chan-Lang
SYLVIA CHANChien Hua
O TIShaw Hu
Executive ProducersJohn McCallumGeorge F. Chang
ScreenplayRoger Marshall
Director of PhotographyLin Hun-Chung
Editor David Stiven
MusicEric Jupp
Produced by Lee Robinson
DirectedbyTim Burstall