17 October 1961
The Queen's Guards is a 1961 British drama film directed by Michael Powell from a script by Simon Harcourt-Smith and Roger Milner. It stars Daniel Massey, Raymond Massey, Robert Stephens, and Ursula Jeans.
The Queen's Guards was made after Michael Powell had shot Peeping Tom but before it was released. When Peeping Tom was released there was such an outcry that Powell never directed another feature film in Britain.
Powell later called the film "the most inept piece of filmmaking that I have ever produced or directed. I didn't write the story (weak) or the screenplay (abysmal) but I take all the flak."
Storyline
Grenadier Guards Captain John Fellowes prepares for the Trooping the Colour ceremony and reminisces about his years at Sandhurst Military Academy as well as his family's dramatic life.