Tunes of Glory (1960)
1h 46m
Running Time
September 17, 1960Release Date
Tunes of Glory (1960)
1h 46m
Running Time
September 17, 1960Release Date
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 & Crew.
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
John Harvey
Sergeant (Bridge Hotel)
Peter McEnery
2nd Lt. David Mackinnon
Ronald Neame
Director
James Kennaway
Writer
Arthur Ibbetson
Director of Photography
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 17, 1960
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
scotland
based on novel or book
command
military service
discipline
post war
bagpipes
barracks
scottish highlands
technicolor
Wiki.
Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, starring Alec Guinness and John Mills, featuring Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Duncan MacRae, Gordon Jackson and Susannah York. It is based on the 1956 novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film is a psychological drama focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period immediately following the Second World War. Writer Kennaway served with the Gordon Highlanders, and the title refers to the bagpiping that accompanies every important action of the battalion.
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