A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.
- Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards
- 5 nominations total
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- TriviaThe VC worn by David Niven was a genuine medal borrowed by the studio. It belonged to Arthur Henry Cross VC, Machine Gun Corps (Camberwell).
- GoofsA British court-martial appeal does not allow new evidence, as it is not a retrial of a case, but a trial of the trial itself, to argue improper procedure or other problems with the trial.
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Major Broke-Smith: What's he like?
Lt. Col. Reeve: Henniker? Proper bastard if you ask me.
- ConnectionsRemade as ITV Play of the Week: Carrington V.C. (1960)
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Carrington V.C.
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 commanding officer "Col. Henniker" who clearly both have axes to grind. The ending isn't great, but otherwise it is a simple story well told.
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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