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Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

★ 7.0/10•1960•1h 46m•NR•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!

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.

Ronald Neame · Director

James Kennaway · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 46m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 17, 1960

Actors

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

Paul Whitsun-Jones

Paul Whitsun-Jones

Major Dusty Miller

Gerald Harper

Gerald Harper

Major Hugo Macmillan

Richard Leech

Richard Leech

Captain Alec Rattray

Peter McEnery

Peter McEnery

2nd Lt. David Mackinnon

John Harvey

John Harvey

Sergeant (Bridge Hotel)

Keith Faulkner

Piper Adam

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