Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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.
- africa
- south africa
- british army
- british empire
- based on true story
- mixed martial arts (mma)
- period drama
- attempted rape
- zulu
- tribal warfare
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Glynn Edwards — Cpl. Allen
- Neil McCarthy — Pvt. Thomas
- David Kernan — Pvt. Hitch
- Gary Bond — Pvt. Cole
- Richard Burton — Narration spoken (voice)
- Mangosuthu Buthelezi — Cetewayo
- Kerry Jordan — Company cook
- Directed
- Cy Endfield
- Written
- John Prebble, Cy Endfield
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 574 ratings
- Studio
- Diamond Films UK
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1964 · You’re hereZulu
Where it starts.
Zulu Dawn
1979
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
