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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.Read moreLess
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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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 GuinnessMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
John MillsLt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Dennis PriceMaj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
Kay WalshMary Titterington
Susannah YorkMorag Sinclair
John FraserCpl. Piper Ian Fraser
Gordon JacksonCapt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)
Duncan MacraePipe Maj. Duncan MacLean
Percy HerbertRSM Riddick
Allan CuthbertsonCapt. Eric Simpson
Paul Whitsun-JonesMajor Dusty Miller
Gerald HarperMajor Hugo MacmillanExplore the crew
- Director
- Ronald Neame
- Producer
- Colin Lesslie
- Original Music Composer
- Malcolm Arnold
- Director of Photography
- Arthur Ibbetson
- Editor
- Anne V. Coates
- Screenplay
- James Kennaway