Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- Netherlands, United States, South Africa
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
- fight
- british empire
- victory
- prequel
- battlefield
- battle
- death
- colonialism
- spear throwing
- surrounded
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Burt Lancaster
Col. Anthony Durnford
Peter O'Toole
Lord Chelmsford
John Mills
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Denholm Elliott
Colonel Pulleine
- Simon Ward — Lt. Vereker
- Nigel Davenport — Col. Hamilton-Brown
- Michael Jayston — Col. Crealock
- Peter Vaughan — QSM Bloomfield
- James Faulkner — Lt. Melvill
- Christopher Cazenove — Lt. Coghill
- Bob Hoskins — C.S.M. Williams
- David Bradley — Pte Williams
- Paul Copley — Cpl. Storey
- Donald Pickering — Maj. Russell R.A.
- Nicholas Clay — Lt. Raw
- Directed
- Douglas Hickox
- Written
- Cy Endfield, Anthony Story
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 120 ratings
- Studio
- Lamitas, Samarkand, Zulu Dawn NV
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1964Zulu
Where it starts.
Zulu Dawn
1979 · You’re here
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.
