The Charge of the Light Brigade
Theirs is not to reason why...
6.2(78) 1968-04-10 139 minDramaHistoryWar
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.
DirectorTony Richardson
WriterJohn Osborne
ProducerNeil Hartley
WriterCharles Wood
Original Music ComposerJohn Addison
Cast & characters
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
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Ben Aris
as Lt. Maxse
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Micky Baker
as Trooper Metcalfe
Peter Bowles
as Paymaster Capt. Duberly
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Leo Britt
as General Scarlett
Mark Burns
as Captain Morris
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John J. Carney
as Trooper Mitchell
Helen Cherry
as Lady Scarlett
Christopher Chittell
as Trooper
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Ambrose Coghill
as Lt. Col. Douglas
Howard Marion-Crawford
as Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown
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Christopher Cunningham
as Farrier
Mark Dignam
as Gen. Airey
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Mick Dillon
as Highlander
Alan Dobie
as Riding Master Mogg
Georges Douking
as Marshall At. Arnaud
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Clive Endersby
as Trooper
Andrew Faulds
as Quaker Preacher
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Derek Fuke
as Trooper
