Release Date: 1960-09-17
Overview: 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.
Rating: 7.1 / 10
Alec Guinness
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
John Mills
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Dennis Price
as Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
Kay Walsh
as Mary Titterington
Susannah York
as Morag Sinclair
Ronald Neame - Director
Colin Lesslie - Producer
Anne V. Coates - Editor
Wilfred Shingleton - Production Design
Albert Fennell - Executive Producer
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