Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
War Is Hell!
95 min
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted.
- Release date
- September 10, 1959
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Trailer
Cast
- Stanley Baker as Captain Langford
- Guy Rolfe as Padre
- Leo McKern as Max
- Gordon Jackson as Sgt. McKenzie
- David Oxley as Doctor
- Richard Pasco as 2nd Lt. Hastings
- Philip Ahn as Yamazaki
- Bryan Forbes as Dawson
- Wolfe Morris as Informer
- David Lodge as Perkins
- Percy Herbert as Wilkins
- Russell Waters as Brigadier
- Barry Lowe as Turner
- Burt Kwouk as Japanese Soldier
- Timothy Bateson as Simpson (uncredited)
- Alan Keith as Bendish (uncredited)
- Arthur Lovegrove as Patrick (uncredited)
- Edwina Carroll as Suni (uncredited)
- Brandon Brady as Orderly (uncredited)
- Donald Churchill as Elliott (uncredited)
- Geoffrey Bayldon
Crew
- Val Guest · Director
- Peter R. Newman · Writer
- Michael Carreras · Producer
- Arthur Grant · Cinematographer
- Alfred Cox · Editor
- James Needs · Editor
- Bernard Robinson · Production designer