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.
Stanley Baker
as Lt. John Chard R.E.
Jack Hawkins
as Rev. Otto Witt
Ulla Jacobsson
as Margareta Witt
James Booth
as Pte. Henry Hook
Michael Caine
as Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Nigel Green
as Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Paul Daneman
as Sgt. Maxfield
Patrick Magee
as Surgeon Reynolds
Glynn Edwards
as Cpl. Allen
Neil McCarthy
as Pvt. Thomas
David Kernan
as Pvt. Hitch
Gary Bond
as Pvt. Cole
