Tunes of Glory
1960
In Ronald Neame's Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness inhabits the role of Jock Sinclair - a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man, who expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil Barrow (John Mills, winner of the .. Read more
| Starring | Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price |
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| Director | Ronald Neame |
| Genres | Drama |
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Tunes of Glory
In Ronald Neame's Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness inhabits the role of Jock Sinclair - a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man, who expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil Barrow (John Mills, winner of the Best Actor award at the 1960 Venice Film festival) - an educated, by-the-book scion of a traditionally military family - enters the scene as Sinclair's replacement, the two men become locked in a fierce battle for control of the battalion and the hearts and minds of its men.
| Starring | Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price |
|---|---|
| Director | Ronald Neame |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 23 Jul 2007 Production year: 1960 |
| Format | DVD |
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Wintry barracks melodrama, finely acted and well made with memorable confrontation scenes compensating for a somewhat underdeveloped script.
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The British cinema is littered with movies (from Bridge on the River Kwai to Tiara Tahiti) purporting to explore the... read more on Time Out
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Hardly entartaining
Whatever the target audience was when this film was made in 1960, it does not provide fun entertainment in the new millennium. If you want to run a management training programme, this would form a good introduction, providing plenty of discussion opportunities as to who did what wrong and when. But as a family film, it fails abysmally.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
We'll nay have Cock o' The North
This is one of the most moving examinations of the military mind. It is not set in the War. Instead it snapshots a British battalion a few years after hostilities cease, and in so doing we still learn so much of their experiences in that conflict and the effect it has on them now. The ghosts of their experiences shape their characters and their dialogue and attitudes. They are hard and proud and want to desperately remain the tough unit they were in Africa and Normandy. Alex Guinness has been too long allowed to run his battalion according to his own regime without any influence from outside. When John Mills turns up as his replacement, with a view to leading the regiment in a very different style, it sets the scene for a fascinating clash. This film is essential viewing for army officers to this day and not just those from the Scottish Division. The sense of isolation the officers feel from the society they barely now live in strikes a true note to this day,
Interesting back story - Guiness was originally cast to play the part of Barrow but he cleverly insisted on playing the part of Sinclair and so appears in such contrast to many of his past characters.
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Tunes of Glory
In Ronald Neame's Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness inhabits the role of Jock Sinclair - a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man, who expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil ...
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