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The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade
★ 6.2/10•1968•2h 19m•14•Drama•History•War

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.

Tony Richardson · Director

John Osborne · Writer

Charles Wood · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 19m
LanguageEN
Release DateApr 10, 1968

Actors

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Lord Cardigan

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Mrs Clarissa Morris

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Lord Raglan

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Lord Lucan

Jill Bennett

Jill Bennett

Mrs. Fanny Duberly

David Hemmings

David Hemmings

Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

Ben Aris

Lt. Maxse

Micky Baker

Trooper Metcalfe

Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles

Paymaster Capt. Duberly

Leo Britt

General Scarlett

Mark Burns

Mark Burns

Captain Morris

John J. Carney

Trooper Mitchell

Helen Cherry

Helen Cherry

Lady Scarlett

Christopher Chittell

Christopher Chittell

Trooper

Ambrose Coghill

Lt. Col. Douglas

Howard Marion-Crawford

Howard Marion-Crawford

Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown

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