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Balaclava is a 1928 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth, and Wally Patch. A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War and succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy. The film climaxes with the Charge of the Light Brigade. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures with David Lean working as a production assistant.
Original Release
06/06/1928
US Release
12/30/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cyril McLaglen | John Kennedy |
Benita Hume | Jean McDonald |
Alf Goddard | Nobby |
Miles Mander | Capt. Gardner |
J. Fisher White | Lord Raglan |
Henry Mollison | Prisoner's Friend |
Betty Bolton | Natasha |
Robert Holmes | Father Nikolai |
Harold Huth | Capt. Nolan, Adjutant |
Wally Patch | Trooper Strang |
Directors
Writers
Milton Rosmer, Boyd Cable, Gareth Gundrey, W.P. Lipscomb, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Angus MacPhail, Robert Stevenson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cyril McLaglen | John Kennedy |
Benita Hume | Jean McDonald |
Alf Goddard | Nobby |
Miles Mander | Capt. Gardner |
J. Fisher White | Lord Raglan |
Henry Mollison | Prisoner's Friend |
Betty Bolton | Natasha |
Robert Holmes | Father Nikolai |
Harold Huth | Capt. Nolan, Adjutant |
Wally Patch | Trooper Strang |
H. St. Barbe West | Prosecutor |
Boris Ranevsky | Tsar |
Wallace Bosco | Lord Palmerston |
Ros Ranevsky | |
Marian Drada | Queen Victoria |
Eugene Leahy | Prince Albert |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Balcon | Producer |