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.
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Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan
Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs Clarissa Morris
John Gielgud as Lord Raglan
Harry Andrews as Lord Lucan
Jill Bennett as Mrs. Fanny Duberly
David Hemmings as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
Ben Aris as Lt. Maxse
Micky Baker as Trooper Metcalfe
Peter Bowles as Paymaster Capt. Duberly
Leo Britt as General Scarlett
Mark Burns as Captain Morris
John J. Carney as Trooper Mitchell
Helen Cherry as Lady Scarlett
Christopher Chittell as Trooper
Ambrose Coghill as Lt. Col. Douglas
Howard Marion-Crawford as Lt. Gen. Sir George Brown
Christopher Cunningham as Farrier
Mark Dignam as Gen. Airey
Mick Dillon as Highlander
Alan Dobie as Riding Master Mogg
Georges Douking as Marshall At. Arnaud
Clive Endersby as Trooper
Andrew Faulds as Quaker Preacher
Derek Fuke as Trooper
Willoughby Goddard as Squire
Derek Gray as Officer
Richard Graydon as Lord Bingham
John Hallam as Officer
Ian Hanson as Singing Trooper
Barbara Hicks as Mrs Duberly's Maid
Ben Howard as Trumpeter Pridmore
Rachel Kempson as Mrs Codrington
T. P. McKenna as William Russel
Michael Miller as Maj.Gen.Sir Colin Campbell
Declan Mulholland as Farrier
Roger Mutton as Cornet Codrington
Valerie Newman as Mrs Mitchell
Roy Pattison as RSM
Corin Redgrave as Capt. Featherstonhaugh
Norman Rossington as TSM Corbett
Dino Shafeek as Indian Servant
John Trenaman as Sgt Smith
Colin Vancao as Capt. Charteris
Donald Wolfit as 'Macbeth'
Peter Woodthorpe as Cardigan's Valet
Ernest Blyth as Army Officer Awaiting Posting (Uncredited)
Harry Fielder as Soldier (Uncredited)
Laurence Harvey as Russian Prince (Uncredited)
Juba Kennerley as Party Guest (Uncredited)
James Payne as Trooper (Uncredited)
Dido Plumb as Tramp (Uncredited)
Natasha Richardson as Flower Girl at Wedding (Uncredited)