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Balaclava is a British film of genre Drama directed by Maurice Elvey released in USA on 30 december 1930 with Benita Hume

Balaclava (1928)

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Released in USA 30 december 1930
Directed by ,    
Genres Drama,    War
Rating58% 2.9428952.9428952.9428952.9428952.942895

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.

Actors

Benita Hume

(Jean McDonald)Alf Goddard

(Nobby)Miles Mander

(Capt. Gardner)J. Fisher White

(Lord Raglan)Henry Mollison

(Prisoner's Friend)
And :
Harold Huth
Wally Patch
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