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 (2)
Plots(1)
Two Lieutenants, Chard of Engineers and cavalry man Bromhead, find that their 140 man contingent in Natal has been isolated by the destruction of the main British Army column and that 4,000 Zulu warriors will descend on them in hours. Each has a different military background in tactics and they are immediatly in conflict on how to prepare for the attack. With nearly a third of their tiny force in the infirmary, the Welsh company must find someway to survive with no help in sight. (Bounty Films)
(more)Cast
Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Ulla Jacobsson
Sweden
Best movies:
Fist-Right of Freedom (1975)
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
James Booth
UK
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Fräulein Doktor (1969)
Robbery (1967)
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)
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:
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
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)