The Charge of the Light Brigade
“Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die”
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.
Genres
Drama, Adventure, War
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Charge of the Light Brigade performed
Budget
$1.2M
Worldwide Gross
$2.7M
Gross Profit
$1.5M
Return
2.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$394K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Major Geoffrey Vickers
Errol Flynn
Major Geoffrey Vickers
Elsa Campbell
Olivia de Havilland
Elsa Campbell
Captain Perry Vickers
Patric Knowles
Captain Perry Vickers
Sir Charles Macefield
Henry Stephenson
Sir Charles Macefield
Sir Benjamin Warrenton
Nigel Bruce
Sir Benjamin Warrenton
Colonel Campbell
Donald Crisp
Colonel Campbell
Captain Randall
David Niven
Captain Randall
Surat Khan
C. Henry Gordon
Surat Khan
Major Jowett
G.P. Huntley
Major Jowett
Count Igor Volonoff
Robert Barrat
Count Igor Volonoff
Lady Octavia Warrenton
Spring Byington
Lady Octavia Warrenton
Sir Humphrey Harcourt
E. E. Clive
Sir Humphrey Harcourt
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