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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Name: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Director: Tony Richardson
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1968-04-10
Cast: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett

DramaHistoryWar

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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Cast

Trevor HowardVanessa RedgraveJohn GielgudHarry AndrewsJill BennettDavid HemmingsBen ArisMicky BakerPeter BowlesLeo BrittMark BurnsJohn J. Carney

Director

Tony Richardson

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