Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

1960 · 106 min · EN · NR · 7.1 (49 votes)
Dir. Ronald Neame · Starring Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, Susannah York, John Fraser · Music Malcolm Arnold

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!

Drama

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.

VIBE

A deeply felt, character-driven drama steeped in the quiet desperation of men grappling with duty, tradition, and the bottle. It's a somber, brooding look at the weight of command and the slow erosion of spirit in post-war Scotland.

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