The Charge of the Light Brigade
Tony Richardson1968-04-10
Theirs is not to reason why...
6.016
139 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Trevor Howard | Lord Cardigan | Unowned |
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Vanessa Redgrave | Mrs Clarissa Morris | Zac E. Chan |
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John Gielgud | Lord Raglan | Unowned |
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Harry Andrews | Lord Lucan | Unowned |
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Jill Bennett | Mrs. Fanny Duberly | Unowned |
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David Hemmings | Capt. Louis Edward Nolan | Unowned |
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Ben Aris | Lt. Maxse | Unowned |
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Micky Baker | Trooper Metcalfe | Unowned |
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Peter Bowles | Paymaster Capt. Duberly | Unowned |
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Leo Britt | General Scarlett | Unowned |
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Mark Burns | Captain Morris | Unowned |
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John J. Carney | Trooper Mitchell | Unowned |
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Helen Cherry | Lady Scarlett | Unowned |
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Christopher Chittell | Trooper | Unowned |
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Ambrose Coghill | Lt. Col. Douglas | Unowned |
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Howard Marion-Crawford | Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown | Unowned |
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Christopher Cunningham | Farrier | Unowned |
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Mark Dignam | Gen. Airey | Unowned |
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Mick Dillon | Highlander | Unowned |
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Alan Dobie | Riding Master Mogg | Unowned |
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Georges Douking | Marshall At. Arnaud | Unowned |
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Clive Endersby | Trooper | Unowned |
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Andrew Faulds | Quaker Preacher | Unowned |
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Derek Fuke | Trooper | Unowned |
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Willoughby Goddard | Squire | Unowned |
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Derek Gray | Officer | Unowned |
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Richard Graydon | Lord Bingham | Unowned |
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John Hallam | Officer | Unowned |
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Ian Hanson | Singing Trooper | Unowned |
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Barbara Hicks | Mrs Duberly's Maid | Unowned |
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Ben Howard | Trumpeter Pridmore | Unowned |
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Rachel Kempson | Mrs Codrington | Unowned |
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T. P. McKenna | William Russel | Unowned |
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Michael Miller | Maj.Gen.Sir Colin Campbell | Unowned |
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Declan Mulholland | Farrier | Unowned |
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Roger Mutton | Cornet Codrington | Unowned |
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Valerie Newman | Mrs Mitchell | Unowned |
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Roy Pattison | RSM | Unowned |
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Corin Redgrave | Capt. Featherstonhaugh | Unowned |
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Norman Rossington | TSM Corbett | Unowned |
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Dino Shafeek | Indian Servant | Unowned |
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John Trenaman | Sgt Smith | Unowned |
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Colin Vancao | Capt. Charteris | Unowned |
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Donald Wolfit | 'Macbeth' | Unowned |
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Peter Woodthorpe | Cardigan's Valet | Unowned |
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Ernest Blyth | Army Officer Awaiting Posting (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harry Fielder | Soldier (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Laurence Harvey | Russian Prince (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Juba Kennerley | Party Guest (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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James Payne | Trooper (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dido Plumb | Tramp (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Natasha Richardson | Flower Girl at Wedding (Uncredited) | Unowned |