Yesterday's Enemy (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.
Director:
Val Guest
Writer:
Peter R. Newman
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Stanley Baker as Captain Langford |
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Guy Rolfe as Padre |
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Leo McKern as Max |
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Gordon Jackson as Sgt. MacKenzie |
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David Oxley as Doctor |
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Richard Pasco as 2nd Lieutenant Hastings |
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Philip Ahn as Yamazuki |
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Bryan Forbes as Dawson |
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Wolfe Morris as The Informer |
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David Lodge as Perkins |
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Percy Herbert as Wilkins |
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Russell Waters as Brigadier |
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Barry Lowe as Turner |
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Burt Kwouk as Japanese Soldier |
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Timothy Bateson as Simpson (uncredited) |
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Alan Keith as Bendish (uncredited) |
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Arthur Lovegrove as Patrick (uncredited) |
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Edwina Carroll as Suni (uncredited) |
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Brandon Brady as Orderly (uncredited) |
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Donald Churchill as Elliott (uncredited) |
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Barry Steele as Brown (uncredited) |
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Howard Williams as Davies (uncredited) |
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Geoffrey Bayldon as |
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Vincent Wong as |
| Sound | Roy Hyde | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Buster Ambler | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | John Peverall | Assistant Director |
| Sound | John Aldred | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Cox | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Red Law | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | James Needs | Supervising Editor |
| Directing | Val Guest | Director |
| Art | Bernard Robinson | Production Design |
| Art | Don Mingaye | Art Direction |
| Camera | Arthur Grant | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alfred Cox | Editor |
| Production | Dorothy Holloway | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roy Ashton | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Michael Carreras | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Molly Arbuthnot | Wardrobe Master |
| Camera | Len Harris | Camera Operator |
| Production | T.S. Lyndon-Haynes | Production Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henry Montsash | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Beryl Booth | Continuity |
| Writing | Peter R. Newman | Screenplay |