45 Replies to “Tunes of Glory 1960”

  2. My friend's father served with the Scottish Highlanders & stayed at this very estate. He fought in North Africa then emigrated to Canada. He wore the same uniform and served with men very much like these.
    He is long gone now but hearing stories about him is better company than that which I find in most people tese days. He enjoyed this film & found it to be closely aligned with the camraderie he knew over there. Thank you for taking the time to upload this quality film both to keep his memory alive & to be well entertained.

  4. This s definitely the sort of movie they not only couldn't, but probably wouldn't make today. Couldn't, because they could never put together a script, director and cast this good to make it today. Wouldn't, because it doesn't have any explosions, car chases, or nudity, so modern producers would reject it. All this movie has to offer is a great script, a great director, a great cast and a great story to tell. The cast is headed by Alec Guinness and John Mills, and it really doesn't get any better than that. The supporting cast also includes some great actors, including Dennis Price, Gordon Jackson, Kay Walsh, and Susannah York in her first screen role. The story takes place in a Scottish Highland Regiment, but it involves the tensions which take place in any army during the transition from wartime to peacetime, when conditions necessarily revert from the casualness Camaraderie that

  6. I remember reading somewhere that this film was one of the two roles of which John Mills was the most proud of his entire career (the other was Hobson's Choice in 1954).

  15. Notice, when she pours her heart out to him in such a profound manner, he turns away with self-pity and complains: "I'm not coping too well" …. So many women are faced with such oblivious selfishness on a daily basis … throughout their whole lives …. but just keep going … THAT'S also bravery!

  16. I was going to comment on the profound destruction that can result from post-traumatic stress … for the soldiers and all those around them …. but several have already done so, much better that I could …
    (*NOTE: However, I feel compelled to add … having seen some general similarities between some of these men and many 'normal' (non-combatant) men I've observed over the years … this play is also about male aggression, disrespect, anger-management issues, arrogance, pomposity, fragility of ego … and, I'm sorry … emotional immaturity …. I'm NOT saying ALL men!! OK?? I'm saying men like THIS. At least the ex-veterans have a reason for their behaviour ….)

  26. The Japanese fought these soldiers in Malaysia, Burma and Singapore during WWII.
    But as the film shows, even enemy soldiers are humans, too. Not the barbarians they had been taught they were.

  33. Saw this in a repertory house second feature with League of Gentlemen 1989. Guinness is a memorable monster. Thanks for posting. YT is great for Brit film.

  34. Atmospheric, wonderful acting all round, a film that can be watched again and again without getting bored with it. I love the interaction between the pipe major and the RSM…..love the way Alec Guinness smokes his cigarette in the scene where John Mills /Colonel Barrow visits him in his room at 1.17:42 Great film.

  43. One of my all time favourites.well -written,well-acted and with crisp camarawork.Wonderful supporting cast,too.According to John Mills,Guiness suggested they swap roles as he thought Mills would be better as Barrow.Whether that's true or not,both men are outstanding.A perfect Sunday afternoon film!

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