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Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, starring Alec Guinness and John Mills, featuring Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Duncan MacRae, Gordon Jackson and Susannah York. [2] It is based on the 1956 novel and screenplay by James Kennaway.
Tunes of Glory. After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.
Tunes of Glory 1960. John Mills; Alec Guinness; Duncan MacRae etc. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054412/...
Tunes of Glory. In Ronald Neame’s Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness plays Jock Sinclair—a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. A lifetime military man, Sinclair expects respect and loyalty from his men.
After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two. Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper.
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair (Alec Guinness), a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict,...
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Synopsis. One winter night at a regiment headquarters in the Scottish highlands, temporary commander Major Jock Sinclair orders his pipers to play and his men to join him in drinking. An up-from-the-ranks officer, Jock led the regiment in World War II and has earned their affection despite his crudeness and penchant for whiskey.
Based on the novel by James Kennaway and featuring flawless performances by Guinness and Mills, Tunes of Glory uses the rigid stratification of military life to comment on the institutional contradictions and class hierarchies of English society, making for an unexpectedly moving drama.
May 1, 2021 · Ronald Neame directed Tunes of Glory, a well-acted British military drama, based on the 1956 novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. Grade: B+ (**** out of *****) Unfolding as a darkly psychological morality drama, the tale focuses on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks, right after the Second World War.
Tunes of Glory. Directed by Ronald Neame • 1960 • United Kingdom Starring Alec Guinness, John Mills. In Ronald Neame’s TUNES OF GLORY, the incomparable Alec Guinness plays Jock Sinclair—a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion.
