The Charge of the Light Brigade

Apr 10, 1968

2h 19m

★ 6.1

Theirs is not to reason why...

Overview

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.

Genres

Drama

History

War

Production Companies

Woodfall Film Productions

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Cast

Lord Cardigan

Trevor Howard

Mrs Clarissa Morris

Vanessa Redgrave

Lord Raglan

John Gielgud

Lord Lucan

Harry Andrews

Mrs. Fanny Duberly

Jill Bennett

Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

David Hemmings

Lt. Maxse

Ben Aris

Trooper Metcalfe

Micky Baker

Paymaster Capt. Duberly

Peter Bowles

General Scarlett

Leo Britt

Captain Morris

Mark Burns

Trooper Mitchell

John J. Carney

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