THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, a sweeping cinematic marvel loosely adapted from the Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem of the same name, depicts the events leading up to the suicidal 1854 British cavalry attack on Russian forces at Balaklava during the Crimean War. Errol Flynn plays Major Geoffrey Vickers, a dashing British officer who vows revenge on Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon) after witnessing the despotic ruler's pitiless slaughter of British soldiers and their wives and children at a fort in India.

The pulsating climactic charge, a milestone in cinematic action sequences, is skillfully crafted by uncredited second-line director B. Reeves Eason (who also authored the chariot race in the 1925 version of BEN-HUR and the burning of Atlanta in GONE WITH THE WIND). Flynn furthers his burgeoning reputation as a scintillating leading man, and director Michael Curtiz (CAPTAIN BLOOD) adeptly oversees the creation of an epic dripping with patriotism, pageantry, and heroism.

The Laserdisc version includes the original theatrical trailer.

The producers "Gratefully acknowledge the technical advice of Captain E. Rochfort-John formerly of the Royal Engineers."

Additional cast: Charles Sedgwick (Cornet James Pearson) and Walter Holbrook (Cornet Charles Barclay).

Copyright 1936 Warner Bros., renewed 1964 United Artists.

DVD Features:

Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono 1.0 English

Errol Flynn: Actor
Olivia de Havilland: Oscar-winning American actress, THE HEIRESS (1949)
Patric Knowles: British Actor/In USA
David Niven: British Actor, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956)
Donald Crisp: Actor/Director
Henry Stephenson: British Actor
Nigel Bruce: British Actor
G.P. Huntley: 
Spring Byington: American Supporting Actress
C. Henry Gordon: American Character Actor
E. E. Clive: British Actor
Lumsden Hare: Supporting Actor/40s
Robert Barrat: American Character Actor
J. Carrol Naish: American Character Actor

Michael Curtiz: Director, CASABLANCA (1942)

Samuel Bischoff: American Producer

Max Steiner: Score composer

George Amy: Editor/Director