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Carrington V.C.( 1954)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      David Niven

      Major Charles Carrington

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      Margaret Leighton

      Valerie Carrington

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      Noelle Middleton

      Captain Alison Graham

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      Allan Cuthbertson

      Lt. Col. Henniker

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      Victor Maddern

      Bombardier Owen

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      Raymond Francis

      Mitchell

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      Geoffrey Keen

      President

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      Newton Blick

      Judge Advocate

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      Mark Dignam

      Prosecutor

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      Robert Bishop

      His Assistant

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      Maurice Denham

      Lt. Col. Reeve

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      Laurence Naismith

      Major Panton

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      Clive Morton

      Lt. Col. Huxford

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      Michael Bates

      Major Broke-Smith

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      Stuart Saunders

      Sgt. Crane

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      John Glyn-Jones

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      John Chandos

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      Deryck Barnes

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      Timothy Bateson

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      Paul Beradi

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      R.S.M. Brittain

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      Elizabeth Digby-Smith

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      Basil Dignam

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      Charles Gilliard

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      Robert Gregory

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      Fred Griffiths

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      Reginald Hearne

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      Ann Heffernan

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      Vivienne Martin

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      Mary Maxfield

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      Johnnie Schofield

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      Ian Selby

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      Guy Standeven

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 21 2022
    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 comm...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • based on play or musical
    • embezzlement
    • court martial