The Charge of the Light Brigade

14
2h 19m
1968
6 /10 (70)

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.

Country : United Kingdom
Languages : English
Released Date: 1968-04-10

Top Billed Cast

Trevor Howard

Lord Cardigan

Vanessa Redgrave

Mrs Clarissa Morris

John Gielgud

Lord Raglan

Harry Andrews

Lord Lucan

Jill Bennett

Mrs. Fanny Duberly

David Hemmings

Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

Ben Aris

Lt. Maxse

Micky Baker

Trooper Metcalfe

Peter Bowles

Paymaster Capt. Duberly

Leo Britt

General Scarlett

Mark Burns

Captain Morris

John J. Carney

Trooper Mitchell

Helen Cherry

Lady Scarlett

Christopher Chittell

Trooper

Ambrose Coghill

Lt. Col. Douglas

Howard Marion-Crawford

Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown

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