Yesterday's Enemy

Yesterday's Enemy

95 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 10, 1959

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

Yesterday's Enemy

95 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 10, 1959

Yesterday's Enemy
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
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Hammer Film Productions
Original title Yesterday's Enemy
Directors Val Guest, John Peverall
Writers Peter R. Newman

Cast

Stanley Baker

as Captain Langford

Leo McKern

as Max

Guy Rolfe

as Padre

Gordon Jackson

as Sgt. MacKenzie

David Oxley

as Doctor

Richard Pasco

as 2nd Lieutenant Hastings

Bryan Forbes

as Dawson

Wolfe Morris

as The Informer

Philip Ahn

as Yamazuki

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)

Barry Steele

as Brown (uncredited)

Howard Williams

as Davies (uncredited)