Film

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 · 1h 51m · Drama · Adventure · War

Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die

IMDb

7.0

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

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.

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

• Michael CurtizDirector
• Michael JacobyScreenplay
• Rowland LeighScreenplay
• Hal B. WallisExecutive Producer
• Jack L. WarnerExecutive Producer
• Sol PolitoDirector of Photography
• Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
• George AmyEditor

Trailer

Release date

October 20, 1936

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,200,000

Revenue

$2,736,000

Genres

Drama, Adventure, War

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