WAR IS HELL! 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. When the Japanese recapture the village, their commander uses Langford's own desperate war-born tactics in a similar effort to extract information from the British. Directed by: Val Guest Writing credits: Peter R. Newman Cast (in credits order) Stanley Baker .... Capt. Langford Guy Rolfe .... Padre Leo McKern .... Max Gordon Jackson .... Sgt. MacKenzie David Oxley .... Doctor Richard Pasco .... 2nd Lt. Hastings Russell Waters .... Brigadier Philip Ahn .... Yamazuki Bryan Forbes .... Dawson Wolfe Morris .... The informer Edwina Carroll .... Suni David Lodge .... Perkins Percy Herbert .... Wilson Barry Lowe .... Turner Alan Keith .... Bendish Howard Williams .... Davies Timothy Bateson .... Simpson Arthur Lovegrove .... Patrick Donald Churchill .... Elliott Brandon Brady .... Orderly Barry Steele .... Brown rest of cast listed alphabetically: Barry Foster Burt Kwouk .... Japanese soldier Runtime: USA:95 min Country: UK Language: English Color: Black and White Sound Mix: Mono Certification: Finland:K-16 / Sweden:15 Awards: Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards.
