Yesterdays Enemy (1959)

Yesterdays Enemy Yesterdays Enemy (1959)

This title is set in Burma during World War II where a small British brigade led by Stanley Baker stumbles upon a Burmese village controlled by the Japanese. The brigade wipes out the enemy, whereupon Baker discovers that the late Japanese commander has a coded map concealed on his person. When a Burmese prisoner who can decode the map refuses to talk, Baker orders to shoot two innocent villagers be executed, thereby persuading a Japanese informer to surrender the vital. Based on a TV play by Peter R. Newman, Yesterday's Enemy is a brutal but insightful look at the blurred line between sides in wartime conditions.