Carrington V.C. 1954
Carrington V.C.
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.
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.
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Full Cast & Crew... Major Charles Carrington
... Valerie Carrington
... Captain Alison Graham
... Lt. Col. Henniker
... Bombardier Owen
... Mitchell
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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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Release Date:
Dec 09, 1954 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 45`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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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.
Cast & Crew of
Carrington V.C.
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Major Charles Carrington
... Valerie Carrington
... Captain Alison Graham
... Lt. Col. Henniker
... Bombardier Owen
... Mitchell
... President
NB
Newton Blick... Judge Advocate
MD
Mark Dignam... Prosecutor
... His Assistant
... Lt. Col. Reeve
... Major Panton
... Lt. Col. Huxford
... Major Broke-Smith
... Sgt. Crane
Produced By
BK
Bill Kirby... Production Manager