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The Charge of the Light Brigade

6.219682h 19m

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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.

Directed by Tony Richardson

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CAST

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Trevor Howard

Trevor HowardLord Cardigan

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa RedgraveMrs Clarissa Morris

John Gielgud

John GielgudLord Raglan

Harry Andrews

Harry AndrewsLord Lucan

Jill Bennett

Jill BennettMrs. Fanny Duberly

David Hemmings

David HemmingsCapt. Louis Edward Nolan

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Ben ArisLt. Maxse

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Micky BakerTrooper Metcalfe