Story Line
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.
“Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!”
Top 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
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Rating
7.4/ 10
Release Date
1964-01-22
Runtime
2h 18m
Genres
ActionDramaHistoryWar

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Zulu Collection
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User Reviews (2)

John Chard
10/10
•9/5/2015Men of Harlech onto glory.
"In the hundred years since the Victoria Cross was created for valour and extreme courage beyond that normally expected of a British soldier in the face of the enemy, only 1,344 have been awarded, 11 of these were won by...

CinemaSerf
8/10
•3/28/2022A 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 ...






