

17/09/1960
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.

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

John Fraser
as Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser

Gordon Jackson
as Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)

Duncan Macrae
as Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean

Percy Herbert
as RSM Riddick

Allan Cuthbertson
as Capt. Eric Simpson

Paul Whitsun-Jones
as Major Dusty Miller

Gerald Harper
as Major Hugo Macmillan

Richard Leech
as Captain Alec Rattray

Peter McEnery
as 2nd Lt. David Mackinnon

John Harvey
as Sergeant (Bridge Hotel)

Keith Faulkner
as Piper Adam

Angus Lennie
as Orderly Room Clerk

Andrew Keir
as Lance Corporal Campbell

Eric Woodburn
as Landlord

Andrew Downie
as Corporal Walter

Jameson Clark
as Sir Alan

Lockwood West
as Provost

Gwen Nelson
as Provost's Wife

Joan Hickson
as Guest at Party (uncredited)

Frazer Hines
as (uncredited)

bryan hulme
as Corporal Drummer

Robert Arnold
as Officer

Richard Rudd
as Officer

John Barcroft
as Officer

James Copeland
as Officer

Mark Burns
as Officer

John Bown
as Actor

William Young
as Officer

David Webb
as Officer

William Marlowe
as Officer

Barry Steele
as Officer

Keith Banks
as Officer
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