
Henry Gordon), Geoffrey saves the rajah's life while hunting, for which the rajah promises eternal gratitude. Perry has secretly betrayed Geoffrey by stealing the love of his fiancée Elsa ( Olivia de Havilland).ĭuring an official visit to local tributary rajah, Surat Khan ( C.

It is during the period of East India Company dominance over the Indian subcontinent. In 1854, Captain Geoffrey Vickers ( Errol Flynn) and his brother, Captain Perry Vickers ( Patric Knowles), are stationed in India, with the 27th Lancers of the British Army. Plot Errol Flynn in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) The supporting cast features Flynn look-alike Patric Knowles as Flynn's character's brother, David Niven, Nigel Bruce, Henry Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Robert Barrat, Spring Byington, J. This was the second of eight films in which Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland costar. Additionally, the storyline includes an event similar to the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The film's screenplay is very loosely based on the famous Charge of the Light Brigade that occurred during the Crimean War (1853–56). Congress and action by the ASPCA to prevent further cruelty by film directors and producers. The filming of the charge sequence led to the death of 25 horses, which led to legislative action by the U.S. The Sierra Nevada mountains were used for the Khyber Pass scenes. Scenes were shot at the following California locations: Lone Pine, Sherwood Lake, Lasky Mesa, Chatsworth, and Sonora. The music score was composed by Max Steiner, his first for Warner Bros., and the cinematography was by Sol Polito.


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. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff, with Hal B. The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film from Warner Bros., starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
