Top billed cast

1. 

   Stanley Baker

   Lt. John Chard R.E.

2. 

   Jack Hawkins

   Rev. Otto Witt

3. 

   Ulla Jacobsson

   Margareta Witt

4. 

   James Booth

   Pte. Henry Hook

5. 

   Michael Caine

   Lt. Gonville Bromhead

6. 

   Nigel Green

   Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne

7. 

   Paul Daneman

   Sgt. Maxfield

8. 

   Patrick Magee

   Surgeon Reynolds

9. 

   Glynn Edwards

   Cpl. Allen

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28

A superb adventure tale about a British battalion charged with the defence of a mission station at Rorke's Drift from an army of Zulu who wish to remove the red devils from their lands. Stanley Baker plays "Lt. Chard" who takes command of this troop of engineers and has to plan and implement the defence of his ramshackle post whilst also combatting the superiority complex of Michael Caine's "Lt. Bromhead" who hails from a distinguished family of military and who, initially resents the leadership of this amateur, and the drunken preacher Jack Hawkins who's mission they are stranded in. John Pre...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,720,000.00

Revenue
$8,000,000.00

Keywords

• africa
• south africa
• british army
• british empire
• based on true story
• mixed martial arts (mma)
• period drama
• attempted rape
• zulu
• tribal warfare
• 19th century