
Full Metal Jacket(1987)
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.


“War Is Hell!”
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.

Stanley Baker
Captain Langford

Guy Rolfe
Padre

Leo McKern
Max

Gordon Jackson
Sgt. MacKenzie

David Oxley
Doctor

Richard Pasco
2nd Lieutenant Hastings

Philip Ahn
Yamazuki

Bryan Forbes
Dawson
Wolfe Morris
The Informer

David Lodge
Perkins
Yesterday's Enemy is a war, drama film released in 1959 exploring themes of army, war correspondent, world war ii, burma, jungle, informant. Directed by Val Guest, it stars Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern. 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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