War Movie Theatre | for Fans of Classic War Films and Cinema History

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

September 10, 2026·1h 7m
Episode Description from the Publisher

Errol Flynn! Olivia de Havilland! Horses! The only thing that's hard to understand about this swashbuckling 1930s epic is the decision to set a film about the most famous moment of the Crimean War in India. And to portray one of history's great military blunders as a strategic masterstroke. Just what was going on in Hollywood? Still, despite Rob struggling to process what he was watching, it's a wild ride. And Duncan learns how the poem of the charge of the movie might, conceivably, have changed the course of World War 2. Next week: The Hunt For Red October. Drop us a line! Send comments and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Would you like to know more? See the list of films we'd like to do? Buy merch? Visit our website: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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