The Charge of the Light Brigade
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.
- Budget
- $1,200,000
- Revenue
- $2,736,000
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Errol Flynn
Major Geoffrey Vickers
Olivia de Havilland
Elsa Campbell
Patric Knowles
Captain Perry Vickers
Henry Stephenson
Sir Charles Macefield
Nigel Bruce
Sir Benjamin Warrenton
Donald Crisp
Colonel Campbell
David Niven
Captain Randall
C. Henry Gordon
Surat Khan
G.P. Huntley
Major Jowett
Robert Barrat
Count Igor Volonoff
Spring Byington
Lady Octavia Warrenton
E. E. Clive
Sir Humphrey Harcourt
J. Carrol Naish
Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
Princess Baba
Prema's Mother
Scotty Beckett
Prema Singh
George Regas
Wazir
Herbert Evans
Majordomo (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Officer (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Gen. Canrobert (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Writers
- Rowland Leigh,Michael Jacoby
- Producers
- Hal B. Wallis,Jack L. Warner
- Cinematography
- Sol Polito
- Composer
- Max Steiner
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John Chard
August 28, 2014
Into the valley of death rode the 600. The Charge Of The Light Brigade is a good military film boasting quality action sequences, it's not a true account of the actual event, and it should be noted there is a disclaimer of sorts at the film's beginning. This telling begins in India in 1850 and leads us up to what would become the Crimean War. Indian chief Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon) is plotting to sever his ties with the British and pitch his lot in with the Russians in readiness for a to…
CinemaSerf
June 19, 2022
Errol Flynn leads a workmanlike cast in this tale immortalised by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about a seemingly suicidal charge at the battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. This story is really about empire - British and Russian - and of the manipulation, tactics (and/or, downright bribery) employed by both on those whom they needed to protect it. C Henry Gordon plays one such character "Surat Khan" who longs to rid his nation of the British and the story revolves around his actions so to do. Th…