The Charge of the Light Brigade

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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

NR 10/20/1936 (US) Drama, Adventure, War 1h 51m

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

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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.

Michael Curtiz

Director
Michael Jacoby

Screenplay
Rowland Leigh

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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
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on August 28, 2014

Into the valley of death rode the 600.

The Charge Of The Light Brigade is a good military film boasting quality action sequences, it's not a true account of the actual event, and it should be noted there is a disclaimer of sorts at the film's beginning.

This telling begins in India in 1850 and leads us up to what would become the Crimean War. Indian chief Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon) is plotting to sever his ties with the British and pitch his lot in with the Russians in readiness for a total revolt against the Empire. Khan oversees a sneaky bloody massacre of British troops that also see... read the rest.

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