

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936 · Movie · 1h 51m · NR
DramaAdventureWar
"Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Key crew
- Michael CurtizDirector
- Rowland LeighScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Michael JacobyScreenplay
Cast
- Errol FlynnMajor Geoffrey Vickers
- Olivia de HavillandElsa Campbell
- Patric KnowlesCaptain Perry Vickers
- Henry StephensonSir Charles Macefield
- Nigel BruceSir Benjamin Warrenton
- Donald CrispColonel Campbell
- David NivenCaptain Randall
- C. Henry GordonSurat Khan
- G.P. HuntleyMajor Jowett
- Robert BarratCount Igor Volonoff
- Spring ByingtonLady Octavia Warrenton
- E. E. CliveSir Humphrey Harcourt
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Themes
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