Overview

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.

Cast

Stanley Baker

Lt. John Chard R.E.

Jack Hawkins

Rev. Otto Witt

Ulla Jacobsson

Margareta Witt

James Booth

Pte. Henry Hook

Michael Caine

Lt. Gonville Bromhead

Nigel Green

Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne

Paul Daneman

Sgt. Maxfield