
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.
Cast

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

John Mills
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Dennis Price
Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)

Kay Walsh
Mary Titterington

Susannah York
Morag Sinclair

John Fraser
Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser

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

Duncan Macrae
Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean

Percy Herbert
RSM Riddick

Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Eric Simpson

Paul Whitsun-Jones
Major Dusty Miller

Gerald Harper
Major Hugo Macmillan

Richard Leech
Captain Alec Rattray

Peter McEnery
2nd Lt. David Mackinnon

John Harvey
Sergeant (Bridge Hotel)
Keith Faulkner
Piper Adam

Angus Lennie
Orderly Room Clerk

Andrew Keir
Lance Corporal Campbell
Eric Woodburn
Landlord
Andrew Downie
Corporal Walter

Jameson Clark
Sir Alan

Lockwood West
Provost
Gwen Nelson
Provost's Wife

Joan Hickson
Guest at Party (uncredited)

Frazer Hines
(uncredited)
bryan hulme
Corporal Drummer
Robert Arnold
Officer
Richard Rudd
Officer
John Barcroft
Officer

James Copeland
Officer

Mark Burns
Officer
John Bown
Actor
William Young
Officer

David Webb
Officer

William Marlowe
Officer
Barry Steele
Officer
Keith Banks
Officer
Crew

Ronald Neame
Director
James Kennaway
Screenplay, Novel

Anne V. Coates
Editor
Arthur Ibbetson
Director of Photography
Michael Stevenson
Third Assistant Director
Albert Fennell
Executive Producer
Colin Lesslie
Producer
Wilfred Shingleton
Production Design
Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist

Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Pat Marsden
Production Manager
John M. Jordan
Focus Puller
Maureen Whitty
Production Secretary
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