Directed by:
Val GuestCinematography:
Arthur GrantCast:
Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern, Gordon Jackson, David Oxley, Bryan Forbes, Timothy Bateson, Burt Kwouk, Barry Foster, Percy Herbert, Richard Pasco (more)Plots(1)
A riposte to the criticisms levelled at The Camp on Blood Island, Hammer's previous war picture, released a year earlier, this stark and often savage examination of how war and conflict can corrupt otherwise good men, Val Guest's Yesterday's Enemy is one of the famed studio's most hard-hitting but underappreciated productions. It posits an impossible moral dilemma - is it ever justifiable to sacrifice a small number of innocent lives in the hope that thousands more will be saved? Headed by the formidable Stanley Baker, Yesterday's Enemy consciously and directly opposed the overwhelmingly patriotic spirit of British war films of the period, and remains a bleak exploration of duty, survival, and the effects of war. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Guy Rolfe
UK
Best movies:
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
King of Kings (1961)
Leo McKern
Australia
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Gordon Jackson
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
David Oxley
UK
Best movies:
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Bryan Forbes
UK
Best movies:
The Million Pound Note (1954)
King Rat (1965)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Timothy Bateson
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
La Bible : Joseph (1995) (TV movie)
Burt Kwouk
UK
Best movies:
Low Winter Sun (2006) (TV movie)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Barry Foster
UK
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Percy Herbert
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Becket (1964)
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Richard Pasco
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
Philip Ahn
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Alan Rowe
New Zealand
Best movies:
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
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Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
Wolfe Morris
UK
Best movies:
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
Tom Watson
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Andy Ho
Singapore
Best movies:
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Arthur Lovegrove
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Hugh Morton
UK
Best movies:
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Invasion (1980) (TV movie)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) (TV movie)
Donald Churchill
UK
Best movies:
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Russell Waters
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)