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.
John Mills
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Gordon Jackson
Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)
Joan Hickson
Guest at Party (uncredited)
Mark Burns
Officer
Angus Lennie
Orderly Room Clerk
Susannah York
Morag Sinclair
John Fraser
Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser
Percy Herbert
RSM Riddick
John Harvey
Sergeant (Bridge Hotel)
William Marlowe
Officer
Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Eric Simpson
Peter McEnery
2nd Lt. David Mackinnon
Andrew Keir
Lance Corporal Campbell
Dennis Price
Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
Frazer Hines
(uncredited)
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Major Dusty Miller
Duncan Macrae
Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean
Kay Walsh
Mary Titterington
Gerald Harper
Major Hugo Macmillan
Richard Leech
Captain Alec Rattray
James Copeland
Officer
David Webb
Officer
Lockwood West
Provost
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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