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.