Yesterday's Enemy poster

Yesterday's Enemy( 1959)

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War Is Hell!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Stanley Baker

      Captain Langford

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      Guy Rolfe

      Padre

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      Leo McKern

      Max

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      Gordon Jackson

      Sgt. MacKenzie

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      David Oxley

      Doctor

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      Richard Pasco

      2nd Lieutenant Hastings

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      Philip Ahn

      Yamazuki

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      Bryan Forbes

      Dawson

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      Wolfe Morris

      The Informer

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      David Lodge

      Perkins

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      Percy Herbert

      Wilkins

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      Russell Waters

      Brigadier

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      Barry Lowe

      Turner

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      Burt Kwouk

      Japanese Soldier

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      Timothy Bateson

      Simpson (uncredited)

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      Alan Keith

      Bendish (uncredited)

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      Arthur Lovegrove

      Patrick (uncredited)

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      Edwina Carroll

      Suni (uncredited)

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      Brandon Brady

      Orderly (uncredited)

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      Donald Churchill

      Elliott (uncredited)

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      Barry Steele

      Brown (uncredited)

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      Howard Williams

      Davies (uncredited)

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      Geoffrey Bayldon

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      Vincent Wong

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Mar 28 2015
    Stunning! "When You Go home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today" There's a school of thought in film world that all war films are anti-war films, some, however, are the definition of such and are cream of the crop. Yesterday's Enemy is one such picture. Out of Hammer Films, it's directed by Val Guest and written by Peter R. Newman. It stars Stanley Baker, Gordon Jackson, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern and Philip Ahn. Story has the surviving members of a British Army Brigade holing up in a Burmese jungle village, where Captain Langford (Baker) happens upon a map that c...

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    Videos 1Backdrops 4Posters 10

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • army
    • war correspondent
    • world war ii
    • burma
    • jungle
    • informant
    • british soldier
    • firing squad
    • anti war
    • japanese army