Theirs is not to reason why...

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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Main Cast: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, David Hemmings, Ben Aris, Micky Baker, Peter Bowles, Leo Britt

Director: Tony Richardson

Writers: John Osborne, Charles Wood, Cecil Woodham-Smith

Editors: Kevin Brownlow, Hugh Raggett

Cinematographer: David Watkin

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