Tunes of Glory

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.

Directed by Ronald Neame

Top 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)

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Keith Faulkner

Piper Adam

Angus Lennie

Orderly Room Clerk

Andrew Keir

Lance Corporal Campbell

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Eric Woodburn

Landlord

Andrew Downie

Corporal Walter

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