Release Date: 1964
DVD Release Date: October 22nd, 1999
Not Yet Rated|2 hr 15 min
Plot Summary
In 1879, the Zulu nation hands colonial British forces a resounding defeat in battle. A nearby regiment of the British Army takes over a station run by a missionary (Jack Hawkins) and his daughter (Ulla Jacobsson) as a supply depot and hospital under the command of Lieutenant John Chard (Stanley Baker) and his subordinate Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine). Unable to abandon their wounded soldiers even in dire circumstances, the regiment defend their station against the Zulu warriors.
Cast: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, James Booth, Ivor Emmanuel, Paul Daneman
Director: Charles De Latour
Genres: Historical drama
Production Co: Embassy Pictures
