Tunes of Glory (1960)

09/17/1960 (GB) • 1h 46m

Drama

Colonel Jock Sinclair drank with his men... and sang and danced with them... until that day, when a shot rang out... and he stood alone!

Overview

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.

Top Billed Cast

Alec Guinness

Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

John Mills

Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Dennis Price

Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)

Kay Walsh

Mary Titterington

Susannah York

Morag Sinclair

John Fraser

Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser

Gordon Jackson

Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)

Duncan Macrae

Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean

Percy Herbert

RSM Riddick


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

scotland

command

military service

discipline

post war

technicolor

bagpipe

barracks

scottish highlands

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