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.

• Knightsbridge Films
• Alec Guinness
• John Mills
• Dennis Price
• Kay Walsh
• Susannah York
• John Fraser
• Gordon Jackson
• Duncan Macrae