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.
Directed by
Ronald Neame
Alec Guinness
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Mark Burns
Officer
Angus Lennie
Orderly Room Clerk
John Mills
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Joan Hickson
Guest at Party (uncredited)
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Major Dusty Miller
John Harvey
Sergeant (Bridge Hotel)
Susannah York
Morag Sinclair
Gordon Jackson
Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)
Dennis Price
Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
Duncan Macrae
Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean
John Fraser
Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser
Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Eric Simpson
William Marlowe
Officer
James Copeland
Officer
David Webb
Officer
Andrew Keir
Lance Corporal Campbell
Richard Leech
Captain Alec Rattray
Frazer Hines
(uncredited)
Gerald Harper
Major Hugo Macmillan
Lockwood West
Provost
Percy Herbert
RSM Riddick
Peter McEnery
2nd Lt. David Mackinnon
Kay Walsh
Mary Titterington
Jameson Clark
Sir Alan
Keith Faulkner
Piper Adam
Eric Woodburn
Landlord
Andrew Downie
Corporal Walter
Gwen Nelson
Provost's Wife
bryan hulme
Corporal Drummer
Robert Arnold
Officer
Richard Rudd
Officer
John Barcroft
Officer
John Bown
Actor
William Young
Officer
Barry Steele
Officer
Keith Banks
Officer

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