![]() The Brigadier: The Battle of the Alma depicts Sir Colin Campbell leading the Highland Brigade in a successful charge.Blood Knight: Nolan comes off as this at times, as he's extremely eager to prove the cavalry's mettle in action.Blame Game: In a particularly grim example, Raglan, Cardigan and Lucan all argue over who's to blame for the charge, while the camera focuses on the dead and dying soldiers strewn across the battlefield.David Hemmings who plays Captain Nolan, the nominal protagonist with the most screen time of any character (possibly excepting Cardigan), is billed sixth. Billing Displacement: John Gielgud as Lord Raglan takes up nearly half the movie poster, and Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan gets top billing.Beleaguered Assistant: Raglan's secretary General Airey, who has to keep reminding his nincompoop boss that the French are England's allies this time, and has to stop his boss from nattering on about flowers and table linen as the Light Brigade is about to attack.Good! If they can't fornicate, they can't fight, and if they don’t fight hard, I'll flog their backs raw, for all their fine looks! A master cutler sharps their swords, and I keep 'em tight-stitched, cut to a shadow. Ten thousand a year out me own pocket I spend to clothe 'em. I am Lord Cardigan, that is what! Them Cherrybums, you see 'em tight, my Cherrybums, I keep 'em tight. No damn business of anyone, what is what. I do not propose to recount my life in any detail, what is what. The character may be a Jerkass but after hearing it you almost want to root for him (as well as being nigh incomprehensible without context). Badass Boast: Cardigan's opening monologue.Anything That Moves: Cardigan is implied to be this.This is immediately followed by a shell landing nearby, signifying the Russian attack. ![]()
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