In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Production
15,000 Zulu extras — no CGI, just scale.
Acting
O'Toole's Chelmsford: aristocratic blindness incarnate.
Director
Douglas Hickox
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
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