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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

★ 6.2/10 139 min Drama, History, War United Kingdom English

Director: Tony Richardson

Writers: John Osborne, Charles Wood
Story by: Cecil Woodham-Smith

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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.

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Trevor Howard Lord Cardigan

Vanessa Redgrave Mrs Clarissa Morris

John Gielgud Lord Raglan

Harry Andrews Lord Lucan

Jill Bennett Mrs. Fanny Duberly

David Hemmings Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

Ben Aris Lt. Maxse

Micky Baker Trooper Metcalfe

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