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 |
| Directing | John Peverall | Assistant Director |
| Sound | John Cox | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Roy Hyde | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Buster Ambler | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Aldred | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Red Law | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | James Needs | Supervising Editor |
| Directing | Val Guest | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roy Ashton | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Arthur Grant | Director of Photography |
| Production | Dorothy Holloway | Casting |
| Art | Don Mingaye | Art Direction |
| Production | Michael Carreras | Producer |
| Art | Bernard Robinson | Production Design |
| Editing | Alfred Cox | Editor |
| Directing | Beryl Booth | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Molly Arbuthnot | Wardrobe Master |
| Camera | Len Harris | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henry Montsash | Hairstylist |
| Production | T.S. Lyndon-Haynes | Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Peter R. Newman | Screenplay |