The Charge of the Light Brigade

Oct 20, 1936

1h 51m

★ 6.5

Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die

Overview

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

War

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Major Geoffrey Vickers

Errol Flynn

Elsa Campbell

Olivia de Havilland

Captain Perry Vickers

Patric Knowles

Sir Charles Macefield

Henry Stephenson

Sir Benjamin Warrenton

Nigel Bruce

Colonel Campbell

Donald Crisp

Captain Randall

David Niven

Surat Khan

C. Henry Gordon

Major Jowett

G.P. Huntley

Count Igor Volonoff

Robert Barrat

Lady Octavia Warrenton

Spring Byington

Sir Humphrey Harcourt

E. E. Clive

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