The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968
"Theirs is not to reason why..."
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.
Director: Tony Richardson
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
Ben Aris
Lt. Maxse
Micky Baker
Trooper Metcalfe
Peter Bowles
Paymaster Capt. Duberly
Leo Britt
General Scarlett
