The Charge of the Light Brigade
"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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Woodfall Film Productions
Key Crew
Tony Richardson
Director
John Osborne
Writer
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
Christopher Cunningham
Farrier
Mark Dignam
Gen. Airey
Mick Dillon
Highlander
Alan Dobie
Riding Master Mogg
