Yesterday's Enemy

"War Is Hell!"

Jul 11 1959 Approved 1h 35m
Drama, War

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.

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Plot

Cut off by the Japanese advance into Burma, Captain Langford (Stanley Baker) and his exhausted British troops take over an enemy-held jungle village. Despite the protests of an elderly padre ('Guy Rolfe (I)') and of war correspondent Max Anderson (Leo McKern), Langford orders Sergeant McKenzie (Gordon Jackson) to shoot two innocent villagers, thereby "persuading" a Japanese informer to surrender vital information. When the Japanese recapture the village, their commander uses Langford's own desperate war-born tactics in a similar effort to extract information from the British.

Written by

Peter R. Newman

Directed by

Val Guest

Cast

Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 4 BAFTA 4 nominations total

Trailers
Yesterday's Enemy / Original Theatrical Trailer (1959)
Ayer enemigos Yesterday s Enemy 1959 ENGLISH SUB ESP
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