Zulu
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
as Lt. John Chard R.E.
Jack Hawkins
as Rev. Otto Witt
Ulla Jacobsson
as Margareta Witt
James Booth
as Pte. Henry Hook
Michael Caine
as Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Nigel Green
as Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Paul Daneman
as Sgt. Maxfield
Patrick Magee
as Surgeon Reynolds
Glynn Edwards
as Cpl. Allen
Neil McCarthy
as Pvt. Thomas
Reviews
John Chard
Men 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 the defenders of the mission station at Rorke's D...
CinemaSerf
A 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 of engineers and has to plan and implement the def...
