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
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
