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Tunes of Glory

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Tunes of Glory (1960)

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Reviews Counted:6

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Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: When cold, upper-crust Basil Barrow takes command of an army regiment, replacing a warm "up-from-the-ranks" colonel, the stage is set for a clash of the titans. The rank-and-file resent his... When cold, upper-crust Basil Barrow takes command of an army regiment, replacing a warm "up-from-the-ranks" colonel, the stage is set for a clash of the titans. The rank-and-file resent his straight-laced tactics and the officers dislike his snobbish manner -- and soon everybody's up in arms. [More]

Starring: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Kay Walsh, Susannah York

Starring: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Kay Walsh, Susannah York, Dennis Price, John Fraser, Duncan Macrae, Gordon Jackson, Allan Cuthbertson

Director: Ronald Neame

Director: Ronald Neame
Screenwriter: James Kennaway
Story: James Kennaway
Composer: Malcolm Arnold

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It reverts to sentimentality and never manages to get to anything significant.

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Every time you think you have a firm understanding of a character's personality, something totally logical occurs that completely changes that assessment.

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Mills e Guinness protagonizam um belo duelo de interpretações, mas o filme se prejudica um pouco em seu terceiro ato, já que a resolução parece melodramática e artificial.

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