Yesterday's Enemy

Name: Yesterday's Enemy
Released: 1959
Rating: 63.33
Cast: Richard Pasco, Burt Kwouk, Leo McKern, Stanley Baker, David Oxley

1959

Drama, War

1h 35m

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) 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. (imdb)

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1959

Drama, War

1h 35m

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Lonewolf2003

Rated 08 Apr 2020

This actually has a British officer commit a war crime! The real twist comes when a Japanese officer uses the same threat by threatening to shot his men if the captain doesn't confess. In doing so the movie smartly makes us (re)question if the means justifies the means. Besides raising this this important issue about what's fair in war, it also is entertaining movie, especially the action scenes are solid.

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guvolefou

Rated 16 Dec 2013

Son yarım saatine kadar vasat bir savaş filmi olarak devam ettikten sonra, tüm o ilk bir saati başka bir boyuta taşıyan bir şekilde bitiyor. Belki savaşa dair yeni bir şey söylemiyor, ama dert ettiği şeyi söyleme tarzı başarılı ve nispeten farklı.

Rated 16 Dec 2013

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