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Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.

"Colonel Jock Sinclair drank with his men... and sang and danced with them... until that day, when a shot rang out... and he stood alone!"

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Alec Guinness

Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.


John Mills

Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)


Dennis Price

Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)


Kay Walsh

Mary Titterington


Susannah York

Morag Sinclair


John Fraser

Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser


Gordon Jackson

Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C. (Battalion Adjutant)


Duncan Macrae

Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean


Percy Herbert

RSM Riddick

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