Movie Cosmos - Carrington V.C.

Description:

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

As Major Charles Carrington

Margaret Leighton

As Valerie Carrington

Noelle Middleton

As Captain Alison Graham

Allan Cuthbertson

As Lt. Col. Henniker

Victor Maddern

As Bombardier Owen

Raymond Francis

As Mitchell

Geoffrey Keen

As President

Newton Blick

As Judge Advocate

Mark Dignam

As Prosecutor

Robert Bishop

As His Assistant

Maurice Denham

As Lt. Col. Reeve

Laurence Naismith

As Major Panton

Clive Morton

As Lt. Col. Huxford

Michael Bates

As Major Broke-Smith

Stuart Saunders

As 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

Top Crew >

Anthony Asquith

Director

Rahvis

Costume Designer

Bill Kirby

Production Manager

John Hunter

Screenplay

Dorothy Christie

Theatre Play

Campbell Christie

Theatre Play

Teddy Baird

Producer

John Woolf

Producer

Desmond Dickinson

Director of Photography

Ralph Kemplen

Editor

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (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.

2022-11-21