Movie
Zulu
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-01-22
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Diamond Films UK
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
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
- David Kernan as Pvt. Hitch
- Gary Bond as Pvt. Cole
Crew
- Cy Endfield - Director
- John Prebble - Writer
- Cy Endfield - Writer
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