The Charge of the Light Brigade

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.

Directed by Tony Richardson

Top 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

B

Ben Aris

Lt. Maxse

M

Micky Baker

Trooper Metcalfe

Peter Bowles

Paymaster Capt. Duberly

L

Leo Britt

General Scarlett

Mark Burns

Captain Morris

J

John J. Carney

Trooper Mitchell

Helen Cherry

Lady Scarlett

Christopher Chittell

Trooper

A

Ambrose Coghill

Lt. Col. Douglas

Howard Marion-Crawford

Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown

C

Christopher Cunningham

Farrier

Mark Dignam

Gen. Airey

M

Mick Dillon

Highlander

Alan Dobie

Riding Master Mogg

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