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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.

Top Cast

  • David Niven

    David Niven

    Major Charles Carrington

  • Margaret Leighton

    Margaret Leighton

    Valerie Carrington

  • Noelle Middleton

    Noelle Middleton

    Captain Alison Graham

  • Allan Cuthbertson

    Allan Cuthbertson

    Lt. Col. Henniker

  • Victor Maddern

    Victor Maddern

    Bombardier Owen

  • Raymond Francis

    Raymond Francis

    Mitchell

  • Geoffrey Keen

    Geoffrey Keen

    President

  • Newton Blick

    Newton Blick

    Judge Advocate

  • Mark Dignam

    Mark Dignam

    Prosecutor

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.

Rating

6.1 / 10
21 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 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 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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