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09/12/1954 Drama 1h 45m
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Overview

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act in his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A man's career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations all hang in the balance.

  1. Anthony Asquith

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. David Niven

    Major Charles Carrington

  2. Margaret Leighton

    Valerie Carrington

  3. Noelle Middleton

    Captain Alison Graham

  4. Allan Cuthbertson

    Lt. Col. Henniker

  5. Victor Maddern

    Bombardier Owen

  6. Raymond Francis

    Mitchell

  7. Geoffrey Keen

    President

  8. Newton Blick

    Judge Advocate

  9. Mark Dignam

    Prosecutor

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-21
This is quite a decent military court-room drama in which David Niven finds himself accused of pinching a large sum from his battalion funds. At the ensuing court martial, he must answer the charges relying on his honesty and integrity - he has a V.C. after all - and on receiving, somewhat naively, a reciprocal degree of honesty and integrity from others. It's quite a neat little story about revenge and snobbery; tempered with the odd bit of human decency and Niven is ideal for the part. Margaret Leighton is also quite good as his rather aloof wife and Allan Cuthbertson as his supercilious com...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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