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.
Director
Tony Richardson
Writer
John Osborne
Studio
Woodfall Film Productions
Vote Count
79
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 N...
Ben Aris
Lt. Maxse
Micky Baker
Trooper Metcalfe
Peter Bowles
Paymaster Capt. Dube...
Leo Britt
General Scarlett
Mark Burns
Captain Morris
John J. Carney
Trooper Mitchell
Helen Cherry
Lady Scarlett
Christopher Chitte...
Trooper
Ambrose Coghill
Lt. Col. Douglas
Howard Marion-Craw...
Lt. Gen. Sir George...
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