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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Year:
Duration:
115 min | West Germany:100 min (re-cut version)
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Romance | War
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1936-10-20
Filming Locations: Agoura Hills, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
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 (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Robert Barrat
Count Igor Volonoff
Spring Byington
Lady Octavia Warrenton
E.E. Clive
Sir Humphrey Harcourt
J. Carrol Naish
Subahdar-Major Puran Singh (as J. Carroll Naish)
Walter Holbrook
Cornet Barclay
Princess Baba
Prema's Mother (as Princess Baigum)
Charles Sedgwick
Cornet Pearson
George Regas
Wazir
Helen Sanborn
Mrs. Jowett
Jimmy Aubrey
Orderly (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Officer (uncredited)
Dick Botiller
Native (uncredited)
David Cavendish
Orderly (uncredited)
Phyllis Coghlan
Woman at Ball (uncredited)
Charles Croker-King
Lord Cardigan
Jack Curtis
Sepoy (uncredited)
George David
Suristani (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Majordomo (uncredited)
Martin Garralaga
Panjari (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Colonel Woodward (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
Colonel Coventry (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Officer (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
General O'Neill (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Soldier (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Lord Raglan
Olaf Hytten
Officer (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
General Dunbar (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Major Anderson (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Captain Brown (uncredited)
Jon Kristen
Panjari (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen
Panjari (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Captain (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
Sepoy (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Junior Officer (uncredited)
Stephen Moritz
Sepoy (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
General Canrobert (uncredited)
Sally Sage
Bit Part (uncredited)
Carlos San Martín
Court Interpreter (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Sepoy Chief (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Bentham (uncredited)
R. Singh
Orderly (uncredited)
George Sorel
Surwan (uncredited)
Arthur Thalasso
Sepoy (uncredited)
David Thursby
Orderly (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Russian General (uncredited)
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Trivia
Although the early scenes in the fictional country of Suristan have often been described as irrelevant to the story, they could be seen as part of the "Great game" that was fought for nearly a century between the British and Russian empires for control in the Middle East.
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Scenes from this film were used in the 1983 music video "The Trooper" by heavy-metal band Iron Maiden.
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The second of nine movies made together by Warner Brothers' romantic couple Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn.
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Goofs
After the massacre, Flynn sympathetically listens to Major Singh crying over the body of his murdered son Prema who is clearly wiggling his toes in the foreground of the scene.
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The film is dedicated to "The officers and men of the Light Brigade ... AD 1856." The charge actually took place in October 1854.
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When Vickers jumps off the ledge onto an attacker, the ground changes from sunny to shaded between shots.
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Quotes
Sir Charles Macefield: [throws letter into the fire] For conspicuous gallantry.
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Sir Humphrey Harcourt: How do you fellows manage to look so comfortably, Vickers?
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Lady Octavia Warrenton: Colonel Campbell has just been begging me to find him a wife. Now what particular quality do you most admire in a woman?
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Photos from cast
Scotty Beckett
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