Conduct Unbecoming (1975)

Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1975 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Anderson

Written By:
Robert Enders
Barry England

Actors:
Michael York ..... 2nd Lt. Arthur Drake
Richard Attenborough ..... Maj. Lionel E. Roach
Trevor Howard ..... Col. Benjamin Strang
Stacy Keach ..... Capt. Harper
Christopher Plummer ..... Maj. Alastair Wimbourne
Susannah York ..... Mrs. Marjorie Scarlett
James Faulkner ..... 2nd Lt. Edward Millington
Michael Culver ..... Lt. Richard Fothergill
James Donald ..... The Doctor
Rafiq Anwar ..... Pradah Singh
Helen Cherry ..... Mrs. Strang
Michael Fleming ..... Lt. Frank Hart
David Robb ..... 2nd Lt. Winters
David Purcell ..... 2nd Lt. Boulton
Andrew Lodge ..... 2nd Lt. Hutton

Synopsis:

Based on a play by Barry England, the British Conduct Unbecoming revolves around a sexual violation - which may or may not have occurred. In British India, highborn Mrs. Scarlett Susannah York accuses 2nd Lt. Millington, a Bengal Lancer officer James Faulkner of raping her. Lieutenant Arthur Drake Michael York is assigned to defend Lt. Millington in a trial held behind closed doors to avoid scandal. Colonel Strang Trevor Howard. is a martinet judge who presses for a conviction, only to have his determination shaken by the introduction of new evidence. Conduct Unbecoming has the look and feel of a decades-old stage production, but the dialogue and performances provide a strictly contemporary slant.

Two young British officers arrive to join a prestigious regiment serving in India. One, Lieutenant Drake (York), from a middle-class background, is extremely eager to make the right impression while the other, Lieutenant Millington (Faulkner), the son of a General, is not taken with the idea of the army, and keen to get out as soon as he possibly can. Almost as soon as they arrive, Millington gets off on the wrong foot with his comrades, causing them to dislike him. A number of ladies associate with the regiment, many of them widows of officers who have died on active service. One of the most feted of these is Mrs Marjorie Scarlett, whose husband Captain Scarlett won a posthumous Victoria Cross after fighting on the North-West Frontier. During an evening in the mess, involving the younger officers taking part in a ceremonial tradition that involves the pursuit and sticking of a pig, Mrs Scarlett runs in claiming to have been attacked, and identifies Lieutenant Millington as her attacker. Millington has clearly seen this as a quick way back to England, and is apparently not bothered by the disgrace. He does not co-operate with the officer selected to defend him, Lieutenant Drake, and is adamant in his refusal to deny his guilt. The trial, convened in secret by the officers of the regiment to protect reputations, is expected to be a formality. However, as the court begins to examine the open-and-shut circumstances of the case, a number of elements of doubt creep into the case including the nature of the attack, and the veracity of some of the evidence being given. This leads to Drake beginning to dig a little further, and having found a similar attack had taken place six months before, long before Millington had joined the regiment, he begins to suspect the culprit was in fact one of the other officers.

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.

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