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.

"Theirs is not to reason why..."

Credits

Tony RichardsonDirector

Trevor HowardLord Cardigan

Vanessa RedgraveMrs Clarissa Morris

John GielgudLord Raglan

Harry AndrewsLord Lucan