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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.
A clash of wills and personalities between two men, one a psychologically scarred idealist, the other driven by ego and his own needs to the point of cruelty, is examined in the peacetime military drama, `Tunes of Glory,' directed by Ronald Neame and starring Alec Guinness and John Mills.
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- Drama
- Ronald Neame
- 1960-09-17
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.
- Maj. Jock Sinclair, DSO MM
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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- Alec Guinness
- Ronald Neame
- Drama
Using several of the same cast and crew members from the earlier movie, the duo made Tunes of Glory (1960), a dark psychological drama about two officers of a Highland regiment, each very different in background and style of command, resulting in conflict and competition with tragic results.
- Ronald Neame, Colin Brewer
- 2 min
- Alec Guinness
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.
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Directed by Ronald Neame. With Alec Guinness, John Mills and Susannah York.Tunes of Glory Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/4eUPOTZTunes of Glory Blu-ray (Cri...
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