
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.

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

Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Eric Simpson

Paul Whitsun-Jones
Major Dusty Miller

Gerald Harper
Major Hugo Macmillan

The Beach
The Beach

Silent Barricade
Silent Barricade

Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust

1984
1984

Live and Become
Live and Become

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The 12th Man
The 12th Man
Ghosts of Hiroshima
Ghosts of Hiroshima

Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse

Exodus
Exodus

The Door in the Floor
The Door in the Floor

Miramar
Miramar