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.
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Earnest, classical in form, resolved and meticulous.
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- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Stanley BakerLt. John Chard R.E.
- Jack HawkinsRev. Otto Witt
- Ulla JacobssonMargareta Witt
- James BoothPte. Henry Hook
- Michael CaineLt. Gonville Bromhead
- Nigel GreenColour Sgt. Frank Bourne
- Paul DanemanSgt. Maxfield
- Patrick MageeSurgeon Reynolds
- Glynn EdwardsCpl. Allen
- Neil McCarthyPvt. Thomas
Crew
- Cy EndfieldDirector
- John PrebbleWriter
- Cy EndfieldWriter
- Stephen DadeDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- John JympsonEditor
- Stanley BakerProducer
- Cy EndfieldProducer
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