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CrimeDramaMystery

Conduct Unbecoming

- An unspeakable crime among officers and ladies.

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.

Release Date : 1975-10-04

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : CrownLion International

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Michael York

Character Name : Tenente Arthur Drake

Original Name : Michael York

Gender : Male

Richard Attenborough

Character Name : Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

Original Name : Richard Attenborough

Gender : Male

Trevor Howard

Character Name : Colonnello Benjamin Strang

Original Name : Trevor Howard

Gender : Male

Stacy Keach

Character Name : Capitano Archer

Original Name : Stacy Keach

Gender : Male

Christopher Plummer

Character Name : Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne

Original Name : Christopher Plummer

Gender : Male

Susannah York

Character Name : Marjorie Scarlett

Original Name : Susannah York

Gender : Female

James Faulkner

Character Name : Tenente Edward Millington

Original Name : James Faulkner

Gender : Male

Persis Khambatta

Character Name : Mrs. Bandanai

Original Name : Persis Khambatta

Gender : Female

Michael Culver

Character Name : Lt. Richard Fothergill

Original Name : Michael Culver

Gender : Male

James Donald

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : James Donald

Gender : Male

Rafiq Anwar

Character Name : Pradah Singh

Original Name : Rafiq Anwar

Gender : Female

Helen Cherry

Character Name : Mrs. Strang

Original Name : Helen Cherry

Gender : Female

David Robb

Character Name : 2nd Lt. Winters

Original Name : David Robb

Gender : Male

Michael Byrne

Character Name : 2nd Lt. Toby Strang

Original Name : Michael Byrne

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-04

Despite the pretty stellar cast list, I struggled a bit with this rather dreary story. It centres around James Faulkner's "Lt. Millington" who is being court-martialled in British India for a serious assault on the widow of a fallen colleague - "Mrs. Scarlett" (Susannah York). He is to be defended by the inexperienced "Drake" (Michael York) before a committee chaired by the openly hostile "Capt. Harper" (Stacey Keach). On the face of it, he is doomed - but some tenacious investigative work from his counsel gradually gets to the bottom of what happened. The ending is more of a sort of guess which of the other famous actors - Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough or perhaps Christopher Plummer might have done it given we are pretty safe to assume that poor old "Millington" is being stitched up. Sadly, this moves at a glacial pace with none of the characters offering much by way of depth or interest. Colourful? Yes, that's true - and the costumes and settings all look great, but like so many of these latter-day tales of Empire, it is all faintly ridiculous and swings clumsily at the supposed honour of the "regiment" at all costs in quite a shallow fashion. I found the direction was much more suitable for a theatrical delivery, too. Disappointing.