Carrington V.C.

1954

1h 45m

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6.0/10

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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.

Directors

Anthony Asquith

Writers

John Hunter(screenplay by)

Dorothy Christie(theatre play by)

Campbell Christie(theatre play by)

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David Niven

Margaret Leighton

Noelle Middleton

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David Niven

Major Charles Carrington

Margaret Leighton

Valerie Carrington

Noelle Middleton

Captain Alison Graham

Lt. Col. Henniker

Bombardier Owen

Mitchell

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Judge Advocate

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Lt. Col. Reeve

Major Panton

Lt. Col. Huxford

Major Broke-Smith

Sgt. Crane

Directors

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John Hunter(screenplay by)

Dorothy Christie(theatre play by)

Campbell Christie(theatre play by)

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7/10

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.

Geronimo196721 Nov, 2022