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!”
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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Alec Guinness
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
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John Mills
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
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Dennis Price
Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
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Kay Walsh
Mary Titterington
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Susannah York
Morag Sinclair
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John Fraser
Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser
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Gordon Jackson
Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)
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Duncan Macrae
Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean
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Percy Herbert
RSM Riddick
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
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Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Eric Simpson
Known for
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Fawlty Towers
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Major Dusty Miller
Known for
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Gerald Harper
Major Hugo Macmillan
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Ronald Neame Director · James Kennaway Screenplay Malcolm Arnold Composer
United States release December 20, 1960 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Knightsbridge Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 4, 1960
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United Kingdom · December 1, 1960
Theatrical
United States · December 20, 1960
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Italy
September 17, 1960 · Theatrical
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