
"Dwarfing the mightiest! Towering over the greatest!"
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.
Director
Cy Endfield
Budget
$1,720,000
Revenue
$8,000,000
Status
Released

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