The Charge of the Light Brigade
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die
6.5(84) 1936-10-20 111 minDramaAdventureWar
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
ScreenplayMichael Jacoby
ScreenplayRowland Leigh
Original Music ComposerMax Steiner
DirectorMichael Curtiz
Cast & characters
Errol Flynn
as Major Geoffrey Vickers
Olivia de Havilland
as Elsa Campbell
Patric Knowles
as Captain Perry Vickers
Henry Stephenson
as Sir Charles Macefield
Nigel Bruce
as Sir Benjamin Warrenton
Donald Crisp
as Colonel Campbell
David Niven
as Captain Randall
C. Henry Gordon
as Surat Khan
G.P. Huntley
as Major Jowett
Robert Barrat
as Count Igor Volonoff
Spring Byington
as Lady Octavia Warrenton
E. E. Clive
as Sir Humphrey Harcourt
J. Carrol Naish
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
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Walter Holbrook
as Cornet Barclay
Princess Baba
as Prema's Mother
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Charles Sedgwick
as Cornet Pearson
Scotty Beckett
as Prema Singh
George Regas
as Wazir
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Helen Sanborn
as Mrs. Jowett
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John Bose
as Soldier (uncredited)
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Jack Curtis
as Sepoy (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
as Majordomo (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
as Officer (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
as Gen. Canrobert (uncredited)
