The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

111 mins | Drama, Adventure, War | Oct. 22, 1936

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.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

111 mins | Drama, Adventure, War | Oct. 22, 1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Charge of the Light Brigade
Directors Michael Curtiz
Writers Michael Jacoby, Rowland Leigh

Cast

Errol Flynn

as Major Geoffrey Vickers

Olivia de Havilland

as Elsa Campbell

Patric Knowles

as Captain Perry Vickers

Henry Stephenson

as Sir Charles Macefield

Nigel Bruce

as Sir Benjamin Warrenton

Donald Crisp

as Colonel Campbell

David Niven

as Captain Randall

C. Henry Gordon

as Surat Khan

G.P. Huntley

as Major Jowett

Robert Barrat

as Count Igor Volonoff

Spring Byington

as Lady Octavia Warrenton

E. E. Clive

as Sir Humphrey Harcourt

J. Carrol Naish

as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh

Walter Holbrook

as Cornet Barclay

Princess Baba

as Prema's Mother

Charles Sedgwick

as Cornet Pearson

Scotty Beckett

as Prema Singh

George Regas

as Wazir

Helen Sanborn

as Mrs. Jowett

John Bose

as Soldier (uncredited)