The Charge of the Light Brigade

Synopsis

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.

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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

BA

Ben Aris

Lt. Maxse

MB

Micky Baker

Trooper Metcalfe

Peter Bowles

Paymaster Capt. Duberly

LB

Leo Britt

General Scarlett

Mark Burns

Captain Morris

JJ

John J. Carney

Trooper Mitchell

Helen Cherry

Lady Scarlett

Christopher Chittell

Trooper