Yesterday's Enemy

War Is Hell!

Categories: War, Drama
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1959-09-10
Run time: 95 minute / 1:35
Director: Val Guest
Writer: Peter R. Newman
Production Company : Hammer Film Productions
Production Country: United Kingdom

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Stanley Baker
as Captain Langford
Guy Rolfe
as Padre
Leo McKern
as Max
Gordon Jackson
as Sgt. MacKenzie
David Oxley
as Doctor
Richard Pasco
as 2nd Lieutenant Hastings
Philip Ahn
as Yamazuki
Bryan Forbes
as Dawson
Wolfe Morris
as The Informer
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)
Geoffrey Bayldon
Vincent Wong
Directing
John Peverall Assistant Director

Sound
John Cox Sound Supervisor
Roy Hyde Sound Editor
Buster Ambler Sound Recordist
John Aldred Sound Recordist
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





















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