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The Charge of the Light Brigade  (1968)
Theirs is not to reason why...


6.0|10 Apr, 1968|139 min
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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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russian soldier
massacre
discipline
hussars
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british history
british colonial
anti war
equestrian
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Casts

Trevor Howard
Trevor Howard
Lord Cardigan
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Mrs Clarissa Morris
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Lord Raglan
Harry Andrews
Harry Andrews
Lord Lucan
Jill Bennett
Jill Bennett
Mrs. Fanny Duberly
David Hemmings
David Hemmings
Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
Ben Aris
Lt. Maxse
Micky Baker
Trooper Metcalfe
Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles
Paymaster Capt. Duberly
Leo Britt
General Scarlett
Mark Burns
Mark Burns
Captain Morris
John J. Carney
Trooper Mitchell
Helen Cherry
Helen Cherry
Lady Scarlett
Christopher Chittell
Christopher Chittell
Trooper
Ambrose Coghill
Lt. Col. Douglas
Howard Marion-Crawford
Howard Marion-Crawford
Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown
Christopher Cunningham
Farrier
Mark Dignam
Mark Dignam
Gen. Airey
Mick Dillon
Highlander
Alan Dobie
Alan Dobie
Riding Master Mogg
Georges Douking
Georges Douking
Marshall At. Arnaud
Clive Endersby
Trooper
Andrew Faulds
Andrew Faulds
Quaker Preacher
Derek Fuke
Trooper
Willoughby Goddard
Willoughby Goddard
Squire
Derek Gray
Officer
Richard Graydon
Richard Graydon
Lord Bingham
John Hallam
John Hallam
Officer
Ian Hanson
Singing Trooper
Barbara Hicks
Barbara Hicks
Mrs Duberly's Maid
Ben Howard
Ben Howard
Trumpeter Pridmore
Rachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson
Mrs Codrington
T. P. McKenna
T. P. McKenna
William Russel
Michael Miller
Maj.Gen.Sir Colin Campbell
Declan Mulholland
Farrier
Roger Mutton
Cornet Codrington
Valerie Newman
Mrs Mitchell
Roy Pattison
RSM
Corin Redgrave
Corin Redgrave
Capt. Featherstonhaugh
Norman Rossington
Norman Rossington
TSM Corbett
Dino Shafeek
Indian Servant
John Trenaman
Sgt Smith
Colin Vancao
Capt. Charteris
Donald Wolfit
Donald Wolfit
'Macbeth'
Peter Woodthorpe
Peter Woodthorpe
Cardigan's Valet
Ernest Blyth
Army Officer Awaiting Posting (Uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Soldier (Uncredited)
Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey
Russian Prince (Uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Party Guest (Uncredited)
James Payne
Trooper (Uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Dido Plumb
Tramp (Uncredited)
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
Flower Girl at Wedding (Uncredited)
Michael Miller
Maj. Gen Sir Colin Campbell

Crews

Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson
Director
John Osborne
John Osborne
Writer
Neil Hartley
Producer
Edward Marshall
Art Direction
David Walker
Costume Design
Richard Williams
Richard Williams
Opening Title Sequence
David Watkin
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Charles Wood
Writer
Kevin Brownlow
Kevin Brownlow
Editor
Hugh Raggett
Editor
John Landis
John Landis
Stunts
Peter Handford
Sound Effects
Simon Kaye
Sound
Cecil Woodham-Smith
Story
R.A. MacDonald
Special Effects
Brian Warner
Special Effects
Mick Dillon
Stunt Double
Christian de Chalonge
Christian de Chalonge
Second Unit Director
A. Paul Pollard
Special Effects
Dusty Symonds
Second Assistant Director
Peter Hutchinson
Special Effects Assistant
Richard Graydon
Richard Graydon
Stunt Coordinator
Ian Whittaker
Set Dresser
Nosher Powell
Nosher Powell
Stunts
Tom Smith
Makeup Artist
Linda DeVetta
Makeup Artist
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robin O'Donoghue
ADR Mixer
Kevin Connor
Sound Editor
Michael Stevenson
Unit Manager
Clive Reed
Assistant Director
Lila de Nobili
Colorist
John Addison
John Addison
Original Music Composer

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