Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory
theatrical poster
Directed byRonald Neame
Screenplay byJames Kennaway
Based onTunes of Glory
1956 novel
by James Kennaway
Produced byColin Lesslie
StarringAlec Guinness
John Mills
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
company
Knightsbridge Films
Distributed byUnited Artists
Lopert Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 4 September 1960 (1960-09-04) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£267,731[1]

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. The film is a psychological drama focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period immediately following the Second World War.[3] Writer Kennaway served with the Gordon Highlanders, and the title refers to the bagpiping that accompanies every important action of the battalion.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
  2. ^ "Tunes of Glory". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Tunes of Glory". TCM. Retrieved 6 March 2013.