
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!
1960 en 106 minutes
Rating: 7.1
Plot
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.
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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

Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Eric Simpson

Paul Whitsun-Jones
Major Dusty Miller

Gerald Harper
Major Hugo Macmillan

Richard Leech
Captain Alec Rattray

Peter McEnery
2nd Lt. David Mackinnon

John Harvey
Sergeant (Bridge Hotel)

Keith Faulkner
Piper Adam

Angus Lennie
Orderly Room Clerk

Andrew Keir
Lance Corporal Campbell

Eric Woodburn
Landlord

Andrew Downie
Corporal Walter

Jameson Clark
Sir Alan

Lockwood West
Provost

Gwen Nelson
Provost's Wife

Joan Hickson
Guest at Party (uncredited)

Frazer Hines
(uncredited)

bryan hulme
Corporal Drummer

Robert Arnold
Officer

Richard Rudd
Officer

John Barcroft
Officer

James Copeland
Officer

Mark Burns
Officer

John Bown
Actor

William Young
Officer

David Webb
Officer

William Marlowe
Officer

Barry Steele
Officer

Keith Banks
Officer