based on novel or book,scotland,command,military service,discipline,post war,technicolor,bagpipe,barracks,scottish highlands

Tunes of Glory (1960)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Ronald Neame
  • Profile picture of Alec Guinness
    Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. Alec Guinness
  • Profile picture of John Mills
    Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) John Mills
  • Profile picture of Dennis Price
    Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer) Dennis Price
  • Profile picture of Kay Walsh
    Mary Titterington Kay Walsh
  • Profile picture of Susannah York
    Morag Sinclair Susannah York
  • Profile picture of John Fraser
    Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser John Fraser
  • Profile picture of Gordon Jackson
    Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant) Gordon Jackson
  • Profile picture of Duncan Macrae
    Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean Duncan Macrae

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • scotland
  • command
  • military service
  • discipline
  • post war
  • technicolor
  • bagpipe
  • barracks
  • scottish highlands