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In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
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Directed by: Michael Curtiz, Sol Polito, Leo F. Forbstein
Produced by: Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner
Composed by: Max Steiner
Cast

Errol Flynn
Major Geoffrey Vickers

Olivia de Havilland
Elsa Campbell

Patric Knowles
Captain Perry Vickers

Henry Stephenson
Sir Charles Macefield

Nigel Bruce
Sir Benjamin Warrenton

Donald Crisp
Colonel Campbell

David Niven
Captain Randall

C. Henry Gordon
Surat Khan

G.P. Huntley
Major Jowett

Robert Barrat
Count Igor Volonoff
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