Carrington V.C. (film)
Carrington V.C. is a 1955 legal drama released by KingsleyInternational Pictures starring David Niven and Margaret Leighton. Others in the cast include Noelle Middleton, Allan Cuthbertson, Victor Maddern, Raymond Francis, Michael Bates, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen and Maurice Denham.
Major Charles Copper Carrington David Niven, who has a distinguished World War II record and was awarded the Victoria Cross, is arrested for embezzling 125 from his units safe. Other charges include leaving the base and entertaining a woman officer in his room, this being forbidden by the base commander Colonel Henniker Allan Cuthbertson.Appearing in his own defence, Carringtons case at his courtmartial is that he took the money openly because of back pay owed him. The Army Paymaster had failed to pay him for expenses during postings in the Far East and his wife Valerie Margaret Leighton was pressuring him for money. She lives in another part of the country, and has become ill and suicidal as a result of financial worries. ........
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