The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

6.2/10 139 min Drama History War

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.

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

Peter Bowles

Paymaster Capt. Duberly

Mark Burns

Captain Morris

Helen Cherry

Lady Scarlett

Christopher Chittell

Trooper

Howard Marion-Crawford

Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown

Mark Dignam

Gen. Airey

Alan Dobie

Riding Master Mogg

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