Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes Film Festival selection about the grim realities of World War II, a gritty drama based on actual events. Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific, Capt. P.G. Kelly (Gibson) and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.

• Fauna Productions
• Central Motion Picture Corporation
• John Phillip Law
• Mel Gibson
• Sam Neill
• Chris Haywood
• Sylvia Chang
• Ko Chun-Hsiung
• John Waters
• Val Champion