Action Drama History War
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
Directed by
Cy Endfield
Written by
Cy Endfield, John Prebble
Michael Caine
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Patrick Magee
Surgeon Reynolds
Richard Burton
Narration spoken (voice)
Jack Hawkins
Rev. Otto Witt
Ulla Jacobsson
Margareta Witt
Gert Van den Bergh
Adendorff
Stanley Baker
Lt. John Chard R.E.
Nigel Green
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
James Booth
Pte. Henry Hook
Neil McCarthy
Pvt. Thomas
Gary Bond
Pvt. Cole
Glynn Edwards
Cpl. Allen
Paul Daneman
Sgt. Maxfield
Richard Davies
Private 593 Jones
Simon Sabela
Dance Leader
Denys Graham
Private 716 Jones
Harvey Hall
Stickman
John Sullivan
Stephenson
David Kernan
Pvt. Hitch
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Cetewayo
Kerry Jordan
Company cook
Dennis Folbigge
Commissary Dalton
Joe Powell
Sergeant Windridge
Larry Taylor
Hughes
Dickie Owen
Corporal Schiess
Dafydd Havard
Gunner Howarth
Tom Gerrard
Lance / Corporal
Peter Gill
Private 612 Williams
Ivor Emmanuel
Private Owen

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