Conduct Unbecoming
- Original title
- Conduct Unbecoming
- Year
- 1975
- Running time
- 107 min.
- Country
United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Robert Enders. Play: Barry England
- Cast
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- Michael York
- Richard Attenborough
- Trevor Howard
- Stacy Keach
- Christopher Plummer
- Susannah York
- James Faulkner
- Michael Culver
- James Donald
- Rafiq Anwar
- Helen Cherry
- Persis Khambatta
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery. Drama | 19th Century. Colonialism. Army. Courtroom Drama / Lawyers
- Synopsis
- A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack. The story begins around 1880 when two young British officers arrive to join a regiment in India. One, Lieutenant Drake (Michael York), from a middle-class background, is extremely eager to fit in while the other, Lieutenant Millington (James Faulkner), the son of a general, is keen to get out as soon as possible and deliberately antagonizes his fellow officers. Mrs Scarlett (Susannah York), the flirtatious and attractive widow of a captain who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, is a constant presence in the regiment. One night at a mess dance, Millington gets drunk and tries to seduce Mrs Scarlett in the garden. She repels him, but moments later runs back into the mess wounded and in shock, claiming the culprit was Millington. An informal court martial – more a mock trial than anything else – is organised with Drake ordered to be Millington's defending officer.
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- Awards
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1975: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
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