The Charge of the Light Brigade
Overview:
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge made by the British Light Brigade against a Russian artillery battery in a small valley which resulted in the near-destruction of the brigade due to error of judgement and rash planning on part by the inept British commanders. Released: 1968
Casts:
Howard Marion-Crawford, Chris Chittell, Georges Douking, Alan Dobie, Andrew Faulds, Mark Dignam, Christopher Cunningham, Mick Dillon, Vanessa Redgrave, Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Jill Bennett, Leo Britt, Ben Aris, Peter Bowles, Rachel Kempson, John J. Carney, Helen Cherry, Mark Burns, David Hemmings, Michael Miller, Richard Graydon, Clive Endersby, Ben Howard, Corin Redgrave, Derek Gray, Willoughby Goddard, Roger Mutton, Barbara Hicks, T. P. McKenna, Declan Mulholland, John Hallam, Peter Woodthorpe, Harry Fielder, Juba Kennerley, James Payne, Ernest Blyth, Norman Rossington, Natasha Richardson, John Trenaman, Colin Vancao, Dino Shafeek, Donald Wolfit, Laurence Harvey, Dido Plumb, Derek Fuke, Micky Baker, Ian Hanson, Ambrose Coghill, Roy Pattison, Valerie Newman
