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  1. Jun 9, 2021 · by Reed Bonadonna June 9, 2021. The 1960 film Tunes of Glory has long been a favourite. The movie depicts a post-World War II Scottish infantry battalion headquartered in Stirling Castle. The castle, scenery, and soldiers in their kilts and trews all make up for great visuals.

  2. Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, starring Alec Guinness and John Mills, featuring Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Duncan MacRae, Gordon Jackson and Susannah York. [2] It is based on the 1956 novel and screenplay by James Kennaway.

  3. Two years after The Horse’s Mouth, in 1960, director Ronald Neame cast Alec Guinness in his film, Tunes of Glory, based on a book by James Kennaway. 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 ...

  4. May 1, 2021 · Ronald Neame directed Tunes of Glory, a well-acted British military drama, based on the 1956 novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. Grade: B+ (**** out of *****) Unfolding as a darkly psychological morality drama, the tale focuses on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks, right after the Second World War.

  5. Nov 27, 2021 · To mark the 50th anniversary of the first release of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange, we present a weekly online series Anthony Burgess at the Movies in which we zoom in on Anthony Burgess’s interest in cinema.

  6. Feb 5, 2021 · 5 February 2021 12 July 2021 ~ Films In Scotland (Ronald Neame, 1960) I’ve been on a bit of an Alec Guinness kick recently, watching through his Ealing comedies, so when I saw he’d played a Highlander regimental colonel I was keen to check it out.

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  8. Apr 26, 2020 · When Barrow informs the devious Major Charlie Scott (Dennis Price) that he’s changed his mind and won’t proceed, Scott claims to be unsurprised: after all, he says coolly and crushingly, everyone in the regiment knows that Sinclair is still running the show. Barrow returns to his quarters and puts a bullet through his brain.

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