The Charge of the Light Brigade

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.

Details

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

Walter Holbrook

Cornet Barclay

Princess Baba

Prema's Mother

Charles Sedgwick

Cornet Pearson

Scotty Beckett

Prema Singh

George Regas

Wazir

Helen Sanborn

Mrs. Jowett

John Bose

Soldier (uncredited)