must charge into this. When he queries the order, Nolan loses his temper and gestures vaguely with his arm, shouting "There, my Lord, is your enemy and there are your guns!" (these, or something close to them, were his actual words). As the cavalry advances into cannon fire Nolan – who has gained permission from his friend Morris to ride with Cardigan's light brigade as they chase the Russians – realises his mistake, but is killed by shrapnel as he attempts to warn Cardigan, who apparently ignores him. This is 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. The Light Brigade, torn apart by the cannons, clashes briefly with the Russians and then retreats. With most of his force dead or wounded, Lord Cardigan who led his men valiantly, is ironically unharmed, but he immediately begins bickering with the other officers about who must take the blame for the disaster. Richard William's animations appeared in many scenes from the beginning to the end. At first, they were to glorify the British might and its honourable act to help the Ottomans in the war, while in the end was contrary. The film ends with a sketch drawing of a rotten dead horse of the light brigade. Cast Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan Vanessa Redgrave as Clarissa John Gielgud as Lord Raglan Harry Andrews as Lord Lucan Mark Burns as Captain Morris Jill Bennett as Mrs. Fanny Duberly David Hemmings as Captain Nolan Peter Bowles as Captain Duberly Mark Dignam as General Airey Leo Britt as General Scarlett Howard Marion-Crawford as Sir George Brown T. P. McKenna as William Howard Russell Corin Redgrave as Featherstonehaugh Alan Dobie as Mogg Ben Aris as Maxse Norman Rossington as Sergeant Major Corbett Willoughby Goddard as Squire Georges Douking as St. Arnaud Ambrose Coghill as Douglas Natasha Richardson as Flower girl at wedding (uncredited) Joely Richardson as Extra (uncredited) Production Writing The screenplay was written by Charles Wood from a first draft (uncredited) by John Osborne. It aimed to be brutally authentic, based in part on the research in Cecil Woodham-Smith's The Reason Why (1953). The film included animations by Richard Williams, based on the 19th century graphic style of Punch magazine, to explain the political events surrounding the battle. The music score was by John Addison and the cinematography by David Watkin. In 2002, Osborne's unproduced original script was reworked into a radio play for BBC Radio