
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

Patrick Magee
Surgeon Reynolds

Glynn Edwards
Cpl. Allen

Neil McCarthy
Pvt. Thomas

David Kernan
Pvt. Hitch

Gary Bond
Pvt. Cole