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!
1960-09-17 | 106 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Alec GuinnessMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
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John MillsLt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
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Dennis PriceMaj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
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Kay WalshMary Titterington
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Susannah YorkMorag Sinclair
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John FraserCpl. Piper Ian Fraser
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Gordon JacksonCapt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)
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Duncan MacraePipe Maj. Duncan MacLean
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Percy HerbertRSM Riddick
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Allan CuthbertsonCapt. Eric Simpson
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Paul Whitsun-Jones
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Gerald Harper
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Richard Leech
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Peter McEnery2nd Lt. David Mackinnon
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John HarveySergeant (Bridge Hotel)
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Angus Lennie
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Andrew Keir
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