Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred. Inspired by history and Tennysons poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade tells the tale of a band of British Lancers who challenge an army of 25,000 Russians. The films highlight: the charge itself, a masterful, pulse-pounding nine minutes of thundering hoofs and flashing sabers that stands up magnificently against any Hollywood action scene of today - and brought 1936s Best Assistant Director Oscarr to Jack Sullivan for his staging of the vaunted sequence. Errol Flynn stars as the leader of the 600 horsemen. Here and forever, the Light Brigade rides. A fictionalized account of events leading up to the suicidal charge on Russian forces by the British at Balaklava during the Crimean War.
