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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/234/164234597_fa4283.jpg)
Alec Guinness
UK
Best movies:
![John Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390322_b915e3.png)
John Mills
UK
![Dennis Price](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272656_7a80e3.jpg)
Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
![Susannah York](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653383_504d5c.jpg)
Susannah York
UK
Best movies:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Freud (1962)
![Gordon Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270269_285512.jpg)
Gordon Jackson
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Peter McEnery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141953_faff44.jpg)
Peter McEnery
UK
Best movies:
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Victim (1961)
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
![Andrew Keir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/188/160188552_869d7f.jpg)
Andrew Keir
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
A Night to Remember (1958)
![Mark Burns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886370_8c56bc.gif)
Mark Burns
UK
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Juggernaut (1974)
![Percy Herbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/429/158429154_ea4a28.gif)
Percy Herbert
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Becket (1964)
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
![Allan Cuthbertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298351_dfccce.jpg)
Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Room at the Top (1959)
Freud (1962)
![Lockwood West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/468/159468498_e30bbb.jpg)
Lockwood West
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
The Dresser (1983)
John Bown
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Fear in the Night (1972)
![Kay Walsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/760/160760282_bec979.jpg)
Kay Walsh
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Magic Box (1951)
Scrooge (1970)
![John Fraser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/347/160347335_ba82ba.jpg)
John Fraser
UK
Best movies:
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
El Cid (1961)
The Dam Busters (1955)
![Duncan Macrae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/353/160353581_b05cec.jpg)
Duncan Macrae
UK
Best movies:
Our Man in Havana (1959)
The Best of Enemies (1961)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
![Gerald Harper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375697_6f5e72.jpg)
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
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Walter Henry
UK
Best movies:
Press for Time (1966)
Lolita (1962)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Angus Lennie
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Tunes of Glory (1960)