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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 |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest! |
Certification: | NR |
Details
Genres: Action, Drama, History, War
Language: isiZulu, English
Release Date: 22 January 1964
Country: ZA, GB
Runtime: 138m
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Company Credits
Company: Diamond Films UK
Budget: $1,720,000
Revenue: $8,000,000
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Cast
Stanley Baker |
Lt. John Chard R.E. |
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Jack Hawkins |
Rev. Otto Witt |
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Ulla Jacobsson |
Margareta Witt |
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James Booth |
Pte. Henry Hook |
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Michael Caine |
Lt. Gonville Bromhead |
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Nigel Green |
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne |
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Paul Daneman |
Sgt. Maxfield |
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Patrick Magee |
Surgeon Reynolds |
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Glynn Edwards |
Cpl. Allen |
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Neil McCarthy |
Pvt. Thomas |
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David Kernan |
Pvt. Hitch |
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Gary Bond |
Pvt. Cole |
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Richard Burton |
Narration spoken (voice) |
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi |
Cetewayo |
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Kerry Jordan |
Company cook |
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Dennis Folbigge |
Commissary Dalton |
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Gert Van den Bergh |
Adendorff |
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Harvey Hall |
Stickman |
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John Sullivan |
Stephenson |
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Joe Powell |
Sergeant Windridge |
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Larry Taylor |
Hughes |
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Dickie Owen |
Corporal Schiess |
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Dafydd Havard |
Gunner Howarth |
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Denys Graham |
Private 716 Jones |
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Richard Davies |
Private 593 Jones |
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Tom Gerrard |
Lance / Corporal |
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Peter Gill |
Private 612 Williams |
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Ivor Emmanuel |
Private Owen |
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Simon Sabela |
Dance Leader |
Directed By
Cy Endfield |
Director |
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Writing Credits
John Prebble |
Writer |
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Cy Endfield |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Cy Endfield |
Producer |
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Stanley Baker |
Producer |
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Joseph E. Levine |
Executive Producer |
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Basil Keys |
Associate Producer |
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Noreen Hipwell |
Production Secretary |
Edited By
John Jympson |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
John Barry |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Stephen Dade |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Ernest Archer |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
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