The Charge of the Light Brigade

6.118

139 minutes

4/10/1968

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.

Cast List

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