Conduct Unbecoming

Around 1880, two young British officers arrive to join a regiment in India. One, Lieutenant Drake (Michael York (actor)), from a middle-class background, is extremely eager to fit in while the other, Lieutenant Millington (James Faulkner (actor)), the son of a general, is keen to get out as soon as possible and deliberately antagonizes his fellow officers. The two newcomers learn the traditions of the regiment, one of which is a mess game in which they chase a wooden pig on wheels, attempting to pierce its anus with their swords.