The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

Name: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1968-04-10
Duration: 139 min
Cast: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett

Theirs is not to reason why...

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.

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Released 1968-04-10 · 139 min · Drama, History, War

Directed by Tony Richardson

Cast

Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan
Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs Clarissa Morris
John Gielgud as Lord Raglan
Harry Andrews as Lord Lucan
Jill Bennett as Mrs. Fanny Duberly
David Hemmings as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
Ben Aris as Lt. Maxse
Micky Baker as Trooper Metcalfe
Peter Bowles as Paymaster Capt. Duberly
Leo Britt as General Scarlett
Mark Burns as Captain Morris
John J. Carney as Trooper Mitchell
Helen Cherry as Lady Scarlett
Christopher Chittell as Trooper
Ambrose Coghill as Lt. Col. Douglas