Tunes of Glory (1960)


Tunes of Glory
Release Date01 September 1960
TaglineColonel Jock Sinclair drank with his officers...and sang and danced with them...until that day when a shot rang out AND HE STOOD ALONE!
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryUK
Filming LocationsShepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Drama
MoodIn a Minor Key
ThemesMilitary Life, Fall From Power, Class Differences
TonesDeliberate, Wintry, Austere, Forceful
TagsBattle [war], Colonel, Commander, Military, Power Struggle, Regiment, Rival

Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British film directed by Ronald Neame, based on the novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film is a "dark psychological drama" centering on events in a Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period following World War II. It stars Alec Guinness and John Mills, and features Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Susannah York, Duncan MacRae and Gordon Jackson.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

Lt. Col. Basil Barrow

Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C.

Mary Titterington

John Fraser
Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser

Morag Sinclair

Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C.

Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean

Percy Herbert
RSM Riddick

Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Eric Simpson

Paul Whitsun-Jones
Maj. 'Dusty' Miller

Gerald Harper
Maj. Hugo MacMillan

Richard Leech
Capt. Alec Rattray

2nd Lt. David MacKinnon

Keith Faulkner
Cpl. Piper Adam

Angus Lennie
Orderly Room Clerk

Sgt. Finney

Bryan Hulme
Cpl. Drummer

Andrew Keir
LCpl. Campbell

Eric Woodburn
Landlord

Andrew Downie
Cpl. Waiter

Jameson Clark
Sir Alan

Lockwood West
Provost

Gwen Nelson
Provost's Wife

Robert Arnold
One of the other officers

Richard Rudd
One of the other officers

John Barcroft
One of the other officers

James Copeland
One of the other officers

One of the other officers

John Bown
One of the other officers

William Young
One of the other officers

David Webb
One of the other officers

William Marlowe
Lt. Rory

Barry Steele
One of the other officers

Keith Banks
One of the other officers

Anne Leon
Bit part

Director

Producer

James Kennaway
novel, screenplay

Albert Fennell
executive producer

Colin Lesslie
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Arthur Ibbetson
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Editor

Anne V. Coates
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Production Designer

Wilfred Shingleton
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Makeup Department

Harry Frampton
makeup artist

Barbara Ritchie
hair stylist

Production Manager

Pat Marsden
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Colin M. Brewer
assistant director

Patrick Clayton
second assistant director

Terry Lens
third assistant director

Michael Stevenson
third assistant director

Art Department

Martin Atkinson
assistant art director

John Hoesli
draughtsman

A.J. Van Montagu
scenic artist

Tony Woollard
draughtsman

Sound Department

John Cox
sound supervisor

Leslie Hodgson
dubbing editor

Red Law
sound recordist

Bert Ross
sound recordist

John Salter
boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department

Austin Dempster
camera operator

John Jordan
focus puller

Malcolm Vinson
clapper loader

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Charles Guerin
wardrober

Dulcie Midwinter
wardrobe mistress

Music Department

conductor

Other Crew

Rita Davison
continuity

Geoff Freeman
unit publicist

Production Company

Knightsbridge Films
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Distributor

United Artists Corporation

Lopert Pictures Corporation

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Channel 5 Video Distribution

Criterion Collection, The
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