Tunes of Glory

1960 film by Ronald Neame
Movie film Q739678
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Summary

Tunes of Glory is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (869 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Ronald Neame[3]
  • Screenwriter: James Kennaway[4]
  • Composer: Malcolm Arnold[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6]
  • Based on: Tunes of Glory[7]
  • Cast member: Alec Guinness[8], John Mills[9], Dennis Price[10], Susannah York[11], Gordon Jackson[12], Kay Walsh[13], John Fraser[14], Allan Cuthbertson[15], Andrew Keir[16], Gerald Harper[17], Percy Herbert[18]
  • Director of photography: Arthur Ibbetson[19]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[20]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[21]
  • Review score: 6.3/10[22], 70%[23]
  • Color: color[24]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[25]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1960[26], December 1, 1960[27]
  • Distributed by: United Artists[28], Netflix[29]
  • Narrative location: Scotland[30]
  • Filming location: Stirling[31], Stirling Castle[32]
  • Film editor: Anne V. Coates[33]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[34]
  • Title: Tunes of Glory[35]
  • After a work by: James Kennaway[36]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[37]
  • Duration: 107 minutes[38]
  • Capital cost: 267,731 pounds sterling[39]
  • Set in period: World War II[40], 20th century[41], 1940s[42]
  • Production designer: Wilfred Shingleton[43]

Why It Matters

Tunes of Glory has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'sco', 'sh', 'sv']
    Filming location → Stirling, Stirling Castle
    Ampas collections film id → W071139
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · ~2026-48220-99 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filming location → Stirling, Stirling Castle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Filming location: Stirling"
  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 54412
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  4. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    After a work by → James Kennaway
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  5. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
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  6. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 56412
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  7. 9w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
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  8. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Wilfred Shingleton
    Publication date → +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1960-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → James Kennaway
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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