The General — The Red Danube Character Profile

About The General

High-ranking Allied General who reviews Hooky's case. He cancels the court-martial, terminates the policy of forcible repatriation, and promotes Hooky for his humanitarian interventions.

Character Facts

Played by

Alan Napier

Appears in

The Red Danube (1949)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• The General — Conflict Political Rival — Colonel Piniev (Louis Calhern)

  Soviet officer leveraging diplomatic threats against British high command.

• The General — Power Commander — Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock (Robert Coote)

  Direct military chain of command within the British occupation forces.

• The General — Alliance Supporter — Audrey Quail (Angela Lansbury)

  Subordinate benefiting from and supporting the General's policy reversal.

• The General — Narrative Ally — Private David Moonlight (Melville Cooper)

  High command whose strategic reforms redefine Moonlight's unit mission.

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• Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon)
• Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia') (Ethel Barrymore)
• Major John 'Twingo' McPhimister (Peter Lawford)
• Colonel Piniev (Louis Calhern)
• Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen (Janet Leigh)
• Audrey Quail (Angela Lansbury)
• 2nd Lt. Maxim Omansky (Roman Toporow)
• Private David Moonlight (Melville Cooper)
• Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron (Francis L. Sullivan)
• Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock (Robert Coote)
• Helena Nagard (Tamara Shayne)
• Sister Kasmira (Kasia Orzazewski)