Movie · 1959
Yesterday's Enemy
“War Is Hell!”
Released 10 September 1959 95 min War / Drama More from 1959 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Philip Ahn
as Yamazuki
Russell Waters
as Brigadier
Guy Rolfe
as Padre
Leo McKern
as Max
Percy Herbert
as Wilkins
David Oxley
as Doctor
David Lodge
as Perkins
Gordon Jackson
as Sgt. MacKenzie
Wolfe Morris
as The Informer
Barry Lowe
as Turner
Richard Pasco
as 2nd Lieutenant Hastings
Bryan Forbes
as Dawson
Timothy Bateson
as Simpson (uncredited)
Stanley Baker
as Captain Langford
Burt Kwouk
as Japanese Soldier
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The numbers
25years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Philip Ahn — oldest on the call sheet
29Burt Kwouk — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast