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Midweek Cinema: Tunes of Glory

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on BBC Two England

A short season of films featuring Britain's knights of the stage in some of their most distinguished film performances
Tonight starring Alec Guinness with John Mills and Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Susannah York
When Lt-Col Basil Barrow arrives to take command of a Highland Regiment, his lax, hard-drinking predecessor, Lt-Col Jock Sinclair, tries to hide his resentment. But the two men are irrevocably set on a disastrous collision course.
Screenplay by JAMES KENNAWAY from his own novel
Producer COLIN LESSLIE Director RONALD NEAME Films: page 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Alec Guinness
Unknown:
John Mills
Unknown:
Dennis Price
Unknown:
Kay Walsh
Unknown:
John Fraser
Unknown:
Susannah York
Unknown:
Lt-Col Basil Barrow
Unknown:
Lt-Col Jock Sinclair
Unknown:
James Kennaway
Producer:
Colin Lesslie
Director:
Ronald Neame
Lt-Col Jock Sinclair:
Alec Guinness
Lt-Col Basil Barrow:
John Mills
Major Charlie Scott:
Dennis Price
Capt Jimmy Cairns:
Gordon Jackson
Cpl Piper Fraser:
John Fraser
Mary:
Kay Walsh
Morag:
Susannah York
Pipe Major MacLean:
Duncan MacRae
Capt Eric Simpson:
Allan Cuthbertson
Source: Radio Times

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