The Charge of the Light Brigade
Theirs is not to reason why...
1968 | 139m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Tony Richardson |
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| Writer: | John Osborne, Charles Wood, Cecil Woodham-Smith |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 10, 1968 |
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| Director: | Tony Richardson |
| Writer: | John Osborne, Charles Wood, Cecil Woodham-Smith |
| Genres: | Drama, History, War |
| Keywords | hero, british army, british empire, politics, remake, honor, russian soldier, massacre, discipline, hussars, british soldier, british history, british colonial, anti war, equestrian, lancer |
| Production Companies | Woodfall Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Trevor Howard | Lord Cardigan |
| Vanessa Redgrave | Mrs Clarissa Morris |
| John Gielgud | Lord Raglan |
| Harry Andrews | Lord Lucan |
| Jill Bennett | Mrs. Fanny Duberly |
| David Hemmings | Capt. Louis Edward Nolan |
| Ben Aris | Lt. Maxse |
| Micky Baker | Trooper Metcalfe |
| Peter Bowles | Paymaster Capt. Duberly |
| Leo Britt | General Scarlett |
| Mark Burns | Captain Morris |
| John J. Carney | Trooper Mitchell |
| Helen Cherry | Lady Scarlett |
| Christopher Chittell | Trooper |
| Ambrose Coghill | Lt. Col. Douglas |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown |
| Christopher Cunningham | Farrier |
| Mark Dignam | Gen. Airey |
| Mick Dillon | Highlander |
| Alan Dobie | Riding Master Mogg |
| Georges Douking | Marshall At. Arnaud |
| Clive Endersby | Trooper |
| Andrew Faulds | Quaker Preacher |
| Derek Fuke | Trooper |
| Willoughby Goddard | Squire |
| Derek Gray | Officer |
| Richard Graydon | Lord Bingham |
| John Hallam | Officer |
| Ian Hanson | Singing Trooper |
| Barbara Hicks | Mrs Duberly's Maid |
| Ben Howard | Trumpeter Pridmore |
| Rachel Kempson | Mrs Codrington |
| 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 | Capt. Featherstonhaugh |
| Norman Rossington | TSM Corbett |
| Dino Shafeek | Indian Servant |
| John Trenaman | Sgt Smith |
| Colin Vancao | Capt. Charteris |
| Donald Wolfit | 'Macbeth' |
| Peter Woodthorpe | Cardigan's Valet |
| Ernest Blyth | Army Officer Awaiting Posting (Uncredited) |
| Harry Fielder | Soldier (Uncredited) |
| Laurence Harvey | Russian Prince (Uncredited) |
| Juba Kennerley | Party Guest (Uncredited) |
| James Payne | Trooper (Uncredited) |
| Dido Plumb | Tramp (Uncredited) |
| Natasha Richardson | Flower Girl at Wedding (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tony Richardson | Director |
| John Osborne | Writer |
| David Watkin | Director of Photography |
| Kevin Brownlow | Editor |
| Michael Stevenson | Unit Manager |
| Charles Wood | Writer |
| Hugh Raggett | Editor |
| Lila de Nobili | Colorist |
| Clive Reed | Assistant Director |
| Edward Marshall | Art Direction |
| David Walker | Costume Design |
| Cecil Woodham-Smith | Story |
| Linda DeVetta | Makeup Artist |
| Tom Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Dusty Symonds | Second Assistant Director |
| Ian Whittaker | Set Dresser |
| Peter Handford | Sound Effects |
| Simon Kaye | Sound |
| Kevin Connor | Sound Editor |
| Gerry Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robin O'Donoghue | ADR Mixer |
| R.A. MacDonald | Special Effects |
| Brian Warner | Special Effects |
| Peter Hutchinson | Special Effects Assistant |
| A. Paul Pollard | Special Effects |
| Mick Dillon | Stunt Double |
| Richard Williams | Opening Title Sequence |
| Christian de Chalonge | Second Unit Director |
| Richard Graydon | Stunt Coordinator |
| John Landis | Stunts |
| Nosher Powell | Stunts |
| John Addison | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Neil Hartley | Producer |
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