Carrington V.C.
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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.
- 6.0
- 1954
- Released
- 1h 45m
David Niven
Major Charles Carrington
Margaret Leighton
Valerie Carrington
Noelle Middleton
Captain Alison Graham
Allan Cuthbertson
Lt. Col. Henniker
Victor Maddern
Bombardier Owen
Raymond Francis
Mitchell
Geoffrey Keen
President
Newton Blick
Judge Advocate
Mark Dignam
ProsecutorRobert Bishop
His Assistant
Maurice Denham
Lt. Col. Reeve
Laurence Naismith
Major Panton
Clive Morton
Lt. Col. Huxford
Michael Bates
Major Broke-SmithStuart Saunders
Sgt. Crane
John Glyn-Jones
John Chandos
Deryck Barnes
Timothy Bateson
Paul Beradi
R.S.M. Brittain
Elizabeth Digby-Smith
Basil Dignam
Charles Gilliard
Robert Gregory
Fred Griffiths
Reginald Hearne
Ann Heffernan
Vivienne Martin
Mary Maxfield
Johnnie Schofield
Ian Selby
Guy Standeven
Released
en
- #based on play or musical
- #embezzlement
- #court martial
Reviews
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 reven