"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."
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
Andrew Faulds
as Quaker Preacher
Derek Fuke
Willoughby Goddard
as Squire
Derek Gray
as Officer
Richard Graydon
as Lord Bingham
John Hallam
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
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)
as Maj. Gen Sir Colin Campbell
Tony Richardson
Director
John Osborne
Writer
Neil Hartley
Producer
Richard Williams
Opening Title Sequence
Edward Marshall
Art Direction
David Walker
Costume Design
Charles Wood
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Kevin Brownlow
Editor
Hugh Raggett
Cecil Woodham-Smith
Story
Linda DeVetta
Makeup Artist
Tom Smith
Christian de Chalonge
Second Unit Director
Dusty Symonds
Second Assistant Director
Ian Whittaker
Set Dresser
Peter Handford
Sound Effects
Simon Kaye
Sound
Kevin Connor
Sound Editor
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robin O'Donoghue
ADR Mixer
R.A. MacDonald
Special Effects
Brian Warner
Peter Hutchinson
Special Effects Assistant
A. Paul Pollard
Stunt Double
Stunt Coordinator
John Landis
Stunts
Nosher Powell
Michael Stevenson
Unit Manager
Lila de Nobili
Colorist
Clive Reed
Assistant Director
John Addison
Original Music Composer