---
title: 'The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027438/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

1936 · 115 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film from Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff, with Hal B. Wallis as the executive producer. The film's screenplay is by Michael Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, from a story by Michael Jacoby, and based on the 1854 poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The music score was composed by Max Steiner, his first for Warner Bros., and the cinematography was by Sol Polito. Scenes were shot at the following California locations: Lone Pine, Sherwood Lake, Lasky Mesa, Chatsworth, and Sonora. The Sierra Nevada mountains were used for the Khyber Pass scenes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Screenplay:** [Rowland Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-leigh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Jack Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-warner), [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis), [Samuel Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-bischoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sol Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-polito)
- **Editor:** [George Amy](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-amy)

## Cast

- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [J. Carrol Naish](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-carrol-naish)
- [David Niven](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-niven)
- [Robert Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barrat)
- [G. P. Huntley](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-p-huntley)
- [Errol Flynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/errol-flynn)
- [Georges Renavent](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-renavent)
- [C. Henry Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-henry-gordon)
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)
- [Crauford Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/crauford-kent)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst)
- [Wilfred Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfred-lucas)
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce)
- [Michael Visaroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-visaroff)

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