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
based on novel or book
scotland
command
military service
discipline
post war
bagpipe
barracks
scottish highlands
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3.7 / 5
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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
Crew
Ronald Neame
Director
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Anne V. Coates
Editor
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Timothy Kandra
Sending a prayer out to the guy who kept making tea and getting yelled at for doing so. He was just following someone else's orders but gets the tail end of the stick. You're a real trooper, my dude. Keep up the good work.
Sending a prayer out to the guy who kept making tea and getting yelled at for doing so. He was just following someone else's orders but gets the tail end of the stick. You're a real trooper, my dude. Keep up the good work.
yikes
4.0★ · 10/25/21
depressing af the whole way through, also don't think this is very indicative of scottish media but whatever
depressing af the whole way through, also don't think this is very indicative of scottish media but whatever
