Tunes of Glory
In Ronald Neame’s Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness plays Jock Sinclair—a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. A lifetime military man, Sinclair expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil Barrow (John Mills)—an educated, by-the-book scion of a military family—enters the scene as Sinclair’s replacement, the two men engage in a fierce struggle for control of both the battalion and the hearts and minds of its men. Based on the novel by James Kennaway and featuring flawless performances by Guinness and Mills, Tunes of Glory uses the rigid stratification of military life to comment on the institutional contradictions and class hierarchies of English society, making for an unexpectedly moving drama.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Interview from 2003 with director Ronald Neame
- Audio interview from 2002 with actor John Mills
- Television interview from 1973 with actor Alec Guinness
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Robert Murphy
Cover by Eric Skillman based on an original theatrical poster
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Interview from 2003 with director Ronald Neame
- Audio interview from 2002 with actor John Mills
- Television interview from 1973 with actor Alec Guinness
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Robert Murphy
Cover by Eric Skillman based on an original theatrical poster
Cast
- Alec Guinness
- Maj. Jock Sinclair, DSO MM
- John Mills
- Lt. Col. Basil Barrow
- Dennis Price
- Maj. Charles Scott, MC
- Kay Walsh
- Mary Titterington
- John Fraser
- Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser
- Susannah York
- Morag Sinclair
- Gordon Jackson
- Capt. Jimmy Cairns, MC
- Duncan Macrae
- 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
- Peter McEnery
- 2nd Lt. David MacKinnon
Credits
- Director
- Ronald Neame
- Produced by
- Colin Lesslie
- Executive producer
- Albert Fennell
- Screenplay by
- James Kennaway
- Based on the novel by
- James Kennaway
- Music composed and conducted by
- Malcolm Arnold
- Director of photography
- Arthur Ibbetson
- Production designer
- Wilfred Shingleton
- Film editor
- Anne V. Coates
A scene from Tunes of Glory
