The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Drama · History · War
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.
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