
Tunes of Glory
NR“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!”
1960·106 min·Released
Studio: Knightsbridge Films
7.1TMDb
7.5IMDb
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Theatrical Sep 17, 1960
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UK · English · Foreign
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.
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Crew
DirectorRonald Neame
WriterJames Kennaway
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
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Keywords
based on novel or bookscotlandcommandmilitary servicedisciplinepost warbagpipebarracksscottish highlands
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