1968 · 139 min

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Name: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Released: 1968-04-10
Cast: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett

Drama · History · War

Plot

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

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

Crew

Tony Richardson

Director

John Osborne

Writer

Neil Hartley

Producer

Charles Wood

Writer

David Watkin

Director of Photography

John Addison

Original Music Composer

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Plot

Cast

Trevor Howard

Vanessa Redgrave

John Gielgud

Harry Andrews

Jill Bennett

David Hemmings

Ben Aris

Micky Baker

Peter Bowles

Leo Britt

Mark Burns

John J. Carney

Crew

Tony Richardson

John Osborne

Neil Hartley

Charles Wood

David Watkin

John Addison

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