Yesterday’s Enemy (1959)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama, War
Release: 1959-07-11
Director: Val Guest
Writers: Peter R. Newman
Language: English | Burmese | Japanese
Stars: Stanley Baker , Guy Rolfe , Leo McKern (1920–2002) , Gordon Jackson , David Oxley , Richard Pasco , Philip Ahn , Bryan Forbes , Wolfe Morris , David Lodge
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: Nominated for 4 BAFTA 4 nominations total
AKA: Helvetet i djungeln (Sweden) , Wczorajszy wróg (Poland) , Nemici di ieri (Italy) , Ayer enemigos (Spain) , Yesterday's Enemy , Viidakon helvetti (Finland) , Section d'assaut sur le Sittang (France, French Republic) , Section d'assaut sur le Sittang (Canada) , Yesterday's Enemy (Philippines) , Feinde von gestern , Enemigos de ayer (Argentina) , Yesterday's Enemy (United Kingdom) , Вчерашний враг , 昨日の敵 (Japan) , Feinde von gestern (Austria) , Yesterday's Enemy (Australia) , Kaptajnen i junglehelvedet (Denmark) , Gårsdagens fiende (Norway) , Ταξιαρχία θανάτου (Greece) , Yesterday's Enemy (Canada) , Enemigos de ayer (Mexico) , Yesterday's Enemy (Ireland) , Turbilhão de Sangue (Brazil) , Cehennem Savasi (Turkey) , Yesterday's Enemy (United States of America) , Inamicul de ieri (Romania)
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.
IMDB:tt0053458