The Charge of the Light Brigade Theirs is not to reason why... Release date: 1968-04-10 Genres: Drama, History, War Actors: T. P. McKenna, Peter Woodthorpe, Howard Marion-Crawford, John Hallam, Harry Fielder, Andrew Faulds, Mark Burns, Vanessa Redgrave, Harry Andrews, Norman Rossington, Peter Bowles, Donald Wolfit, Natasha Richardson, Trevor Howard, Declan Mulholland, John Gielgud, Corin Redgrave, Christopher Chittell, Ernest Blyth, Helen Cherry, Leo Britt, Ambrose Coghill, Ben Howard, David Hemmings, Laurence Harvey, Juba Kennerley, Alan Dobie, Dino Shafeek, Barbara Hicks, Micky Baker, Mark Dignam, Roy Pattison, Richard Graydon, Christopher Cunningham, Georges Douking, James Payne, Roger Mutton, Willoughby Goddard, Jill Bennett, John J. Carney, Michael Miller, Ben Aris, Mick Dillon, Rachel Kempson, Derek Gray, John Trenaman, Michael Miller, Valerie Newman, Dido Plumb, Colin Vancao, Derek Fuke, Ian Hanson Runtime: 2 h. 19 min. Score: 6.1/10 Votes: 67 Countries: United Kingdom Companies: Woodfall Film Productions Available* : Overview: 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.