Top billed cast

1. 

   Burt Lancaster

   Col. Anthony Durnford

2. 

   Peter O'Toole

   Lord Chelmsford

3. 

   John Mills

   Sir Henry Bartle Frere

4. 

   Denholm Elliott

   Colonel Pulleine

5. 

   Simon Ward

   Lt. Vereker

6. 

   Nigel Davenport

   Col. Hamilton-Brown

7. 

   Michael Jayston

   Col. Crealock

8. 

   Peter Vaughan

   QSM Bloomfield

9. 

   James Faulkner

   Lt. Melvill

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-03

Though certainly epic in cinematographic terms, this is a really meandering and over-cast depiction of the Zulu defeat of the British garrison at Isandlwana at the end of the 19th century. I'm assuming it was made as a precursor of - and to capitalise upon - the far superior "Zulu" (1964) but right from the get-go it's just wordy and ponderous and, well, lacklustre. Peter O'Toole does exude a certain arrogance in his role as the Commander of the army (Lord Chelmsford) but Burt Lancaster - and his distinctly ropey accent - as "Col. Durnford", features all too sparingly to offer much more than a...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$11,750,000.00

Revenue
$1,875,000.00

Keywords

• fight
• british empire
• victory
• prequel
• battlefield
• battle
• death
• colonialism
• spear throwing
• surrounded
• standoff
• mortar
• zulu
• tribal warfare
• army life