Tunes of glory

Jock Sinclair is a whisky-drinking, by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man. He expects loyalty and respect from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated, by-the-book scion from a traditional 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.

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"Jock Sinclair is a whisky-drinking, by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man. He expects loyalty and respect from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated, by-the-book scion from a traditional 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."@en
"Story of two rival colonels, one replacing the other. Uncovers the intense conflict between the inexperienced newcomer and his well-liked counterpart."@en
"Struggle between two officers for hearts and minds of a peacetime Scottish regiment."
"Struggle between two officers for hearts and minds of a peacetime Scottish regiment."@en
"The story concerns the battle for control of a peace-time Scottish battalion and the hearts and minds of its men between two colonels: temporary commander, Jack Sinclair and his replacement, Basil Barrow. Includes an excerpt from "Ronald Neame on the director" in which Neame discusses his work with Alec Guinness."@en
"A bitter conflict arises between two Army Colonels in a Switzerland Regiment. One Colonel is ready for retirement and the other is his young replacement."@en
"Story of two rival colonels, one replacing the other in the Switzerland Regiment. This powerful drama uncovers the intense conflict between the inexperienced newcomer and his well-liked counterpart."@en
"The story of the intense conflict between an inexperienced newcomer and his well-liked counterpart in the Switzerland Regiment."@en
"Alec Guinness and John Mills are excellent in this adaptation of James Kennaway's novel. Set in a peace-time Scotland, the Highland Regiment experiences conflict when a hard line tradititionalist replaces a well liked, but lax officer. The antagonism that results is gripping, leading to a believable ending. Superb acting by the principles, with good support from Susannah York, Dennis Price, Duncan MaCrae, and Gordon Jackson."@en
""The story concerns the battle for control of a peace-time Scottish battalion and the hearts and minds of its men between two colonels: temporary commander Jock Sinclair and his replacement, Basil Barrow. Barrow is a stickler for military rules and regulations, a by-the-book man who will brook no defiance. Sinclair is easy-going, one of the boys, popular with the men because of his unaffected, hail-fellow-well-met attitude"--Videodisc sleeve."
""The story concerns the battle for control of a peace-time Scottish battalion and the hearts and minds of its men between two colonels: temporary commander Jock Sinclair and his replacement, Basil Barrow. Barrow is a stickler for military rules and regulations, a by-the-book man who will brook no defiance. Sinclair is easy-going, one of the boys, popular with the men because of his unaffected, hail-fellow-well-met attitude"--Videodisc sleeve."@en
"Enfrentamiento de dos militares de condiciones muy distintas por el mando de un regimiento en Escocia."@es
"Jock Sinclair is a whiskey-drinking, by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man. He expects loyalty and respect from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated, by-the-book scion from a traditional 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."@en
"The new disciplinarian CO of a highland regiment crosses swords with his lax, hard-drinking predecessor."
"The rigid hierarchy of the military is used to explore the contradictions and class barriers of contemporary English society. The "Colonel from the ranks," whose violent outburst triggers the situation that leads to the tragic climax, ironically has absorbed and becomes custodian of the traditional authoritarian and elitist values of his defeated adversary."
"When one rival colonel is sent to replace another, bitterness and resentment escalate to a shocking climax."@en
"When one rivaling colonel is sent to replace another in Switzerland, bitterness and resentment escalate to a shocking climax."@en
"Drama concerning the collision of two opposing temperaments. Alec Guinness plays a hard-drinking Scottish colonel whose command is being taken over by a disciplinarian played by John Mills."
"Videocassette release of a 1960 motion picture by HM Films Ltd."@en
"Guinness plays the hard-drinking colonel of a Scottish regiment who is succeeded in command by an unimaginative and regimentally minded officer played by John Mills. The main interest in this film is the portrayal of the head-on collision between opposing temperaments played out by two accomplished actors."@en
"Shows rivalry between two colonels as one is sent to replace the other in a Switzerland Regiment."@en
"Jock Sinclair, a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps, lifetime military man, expects loyalty and respect from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated traditional military man, enters the scene the two men become locked in a battle for control."@en