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Genres:
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Drama /
Romance /
Music
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Director:
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Ronald Neame
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Actors:
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Allan Cuthbertson,
John Fraser,
Duncan Macrae,
Alec Guinness,
John Mills,
Dennis Price,
Kay Walsh,
Susannah York,
Gordon Jackson,
Percy Herbert
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Duration:
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107 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)71.5
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Plot Summary:
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This is the article of a variance between two chief officers in the cloistered environment of a Scottish military regiment. Bigger Jock Sinclair has been the acting Colonel of the Regiment in spite of a lengthy period of but. He is admired and respected past officers and men alike and there is a general assumption that he will be made their commanding tec. To everyone's surprise, they learn that Lt. Colonel Basil Barrow has been named to the post. Although a member of the Order, Barrow left as a sophomoric subaltern, made his career in organization functions and is basically unheard-of. Barro... w is a strict tyrant compared to Sinclair's easygoing entry and as he tries to impose his own style of leadership on his influence over, he struggles to gain the loyalty of his officers, particularly that of Sinclair who bristles at being a second-in-command with little to do. A concluding confrontation between the two men leads to tragedy for both of them.
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Tunes of Glory
Hyperborean barracks melodrama, finely acted and proper made with remarkable confrontation scenes compensating for a somewhat underdeveloped script.
Tunes of Glory
Party-sensual versus starch-collared word is probably chestnut of the worst concepts in cinema biography, not only for producing diabolical comedies but also because it's so hypocritical. After all, who runs Hollywood? Half-assed booze hounds who simulate everything will, y'certain, variety itself out, or uptight bread-heads who haul the push at the blue ribbon signal of unique delivery? While Tunes Of Gratitude's lodge a get-up of warring commanding officers in the Scots Guards may impression something Ben Stiller and Devise Ferrell would revolution into 90-minutes of crude, lucrative entertainment, here we're presented with an wholly more dignified vision. Guinness is Notable Jock Sinclair and if his tag isn't Scottish enough, check out h...
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