Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 • 115 minutes
4.4
22 reviews
71%
Tomatometer
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Errol Flynn ("The Adventures of Robin Hood") and Patrick Knowles ("Auntie Mame," "The Wolf Man") star in this Oscar-winning film about two brothers whose love for the same woman at a perilous Foreign Legion outpost in India leads to the famous "charge" against Surat Kahn. Oscar and Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominee Olivia de Havilland ("Gone with the Wind," "The Heiress") provides a romantic edge to this classic adventure. Features specacular battle scenes. Co-stars Oscar and Golden Globe-winner David Niven ("The Pink Panther," "The Bishop's Wife") and Oscar-winner Donald Crisp ("How Green Was My Valley"). Directed by Oscar-winner Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca," "Yankee Doodle Dandy").

Ratings and reviews

4.4
22 reviews
Mark Borders
September 27, 2015
With Errol Flynn. As with all Flynn historical movies, this movie leaves the viewer with less knowledge about the event than before they watched. The historical license used by the writers of this film is breathtaking.
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Lane Kimmel
August 12, 2019
all of these old Arrow thin films are great, and easily worth watching, add an Olivia de Havilland to most of them and you've got Classics that you should definitely put on your list to see
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