Yesterday's Enemy
10/09/1959
2h

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.
Cast


Stanley Baker
Captain Langford


Guy Rolfe
Padre


Leo McKern
Max


Gordon Jackson
Sgt. MacKenzie


David Oxley
Doctor


Richard Pasco
2nd Lieutenant Hastings


Philip Ahn
Yamazuki


Bryan Forbes
Dawson
Wolfe Morris
The Informer


David Lodge
Perkins


Percy Herbert
Wilkins


Russell Waters
Brigadier
Barry Lowe
Turner


Burt Kwouk
Japanese Soldier


Timothy Bateson
Simpson (uncredited)
Alan Keith
Bendish (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Patrick (uncredited)


Edwina Carroll
Suni (uncredited)
Brandon Brady
Orderly (uncredited)


Donald Churchill
Elliott (uncredited)
Barry Steele
Brown (uncredited)


Howard Williams
Davies (uncredited)


Geoffrey Bayldon


Vincent Wong
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