Screenplay:
James KennawayCinematography:
Arthur IbbetsonComposer:
Malcolm ArnoldCast:
Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price, Susannah York, Gordon Jackson, Peter McEnery, Andrew Keir, Mark Burns, Percy Herbert, Allan Cuthbertson, Lockwood West (more)Plots(1)
When cold, upper-crust Basil Barrow takes command of an army regiment, replacing a warm "up-from-the-ranks" colonel, the stage is set for a clash of the titans. The rank-and-file resent his straight-laced tactics and the officers dislike his snobbish manner -- and soon everybody's up in arms. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Alec Guinness
UK
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John Mills
UK
Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Susannah York
UK
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Freud (1962)
Gordon Jackson
UK
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My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Peter McEnery
UK
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Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Victim (1961)
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
Andrew Keir
UK
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Cleopatra (1963)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Mark Burns
UK
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Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
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Percy Herbert
UK
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Becket (1964)
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Room at the Top (1959)
Freud (1962)
Lockwood West
UK
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Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
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John Bown
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
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Kay Walsh
UK
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Oliver Twist (1948)
The Magic Box (1951)
Scrooge (1970)
John Fraser
UK
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The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
El Cid (1961)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Duncan Macrae
UK
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Our Man in Havana (1959)
The Best of Enemies (1961)
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Gerald Harper
UK
Best movies:
The Dam Busters (1955)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Paul Whitsun-Jones
UK
Best movies:
What's Good for the Goose (1969)
Room at the Top (1959)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Gwen Nelson
UK
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A Kind of Loving (1962)
Walter Henry
UK
Best movies:
Press for Time (1966)
Lolita (1962)
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Angus Lennie
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Tunes of Glory (1960)