Directed by:
Cy EndfieldScreenplay:
Cy EndfieldCinematography:
Stephen DadeComposer:
John BarryCast:
Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Neil McCarthy, Gary Bond (more)VOD (3)
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Michael Caine stars in this epic story of the battle of Rorke's Drift, on January 22nd 1879, where a small force of British troops found themselves completely outnumbered by Zulu warriors in Natal, South Africa. Having already destroyed a very large British garrison, 4,000 Zulu warriors are now on their way to overcome the handful of men stationed at Rorke's Drift. The two lieutenants in charge of the garrison, Jon Chard (Stanley Baker) and Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine), are at odds with each other, but manage to rally the men together and put up a courageous fight. Only a few of the men survived, eleven receiving the Victoria Cross. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Ulla Jacobsson
Sweden
Best movies:
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
James Booth
UK
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Robbery (1967)
Fräulein Doktor (1969)
Michael Caine
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
The Prestige (2006)
Nigel Green
South Africa
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Patrick Magee
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi
South Africa
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Neil McCarthy
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Gary Bond
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Zulu (1964)
Paul Daneman
UK
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Zulu (1964)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Glynn Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Robbery (1967)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
Dickie Owen
UK
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Hell Is a City (1960)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Denys Graham
UK
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Zulu (1964)
David Kernan
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Zulu (1964)
Richard Davies
UK
Best movies:
Twisted Nerve (1968)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Zulu (1964)
Richard Burton (narrator)
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Larry Taylor
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
The Last Valley (1971)
Masters of Venus (1962)
Simon Sabela
South Africa
Best movies:
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Zulu (1964)
Kerry Jordan
Best movies:
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Zulu (1964)
Safari 3000 (1982)