Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

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!

7.1(58 votes)
1960
1h 46m
Drama

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.

Production

Knightsbridge Films

Cast

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

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

John Mills

John Mills

Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Dennis Price

Dennis Price

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

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Mary Titterington

Susannah York

Susannah York

Morag Sinclair

John Fraser

John Fraser

Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

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

Duncan Macrae

Duncan Macrae

Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

RSM Riddick

Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthbertson

Capt. Eric Simpson

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