Zulu Dawn
The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!
6.1(117) 1979-05-14 117 minAdventureDramaHistoryWar
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
DirectorDouglas Hickox
ScreenplayCy Endfield
ScreenplayAnthony Story
ProducerNate Kohn
Original Music ComposerElmer Bernstein
Cast & characters
Burt Lancaster
as Col. Anthony Durnford
Peter O'Toole
as Lord Chelmsford
John Mills
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Denholm Elliott
as Colonel Pulleine
Simon Ward
as Lt. Vereker
Nigel Davenport
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
Michael Jayston
as Col. Crealock
Peter Vaughan
as QSM Bloomfield
James Faulkner
as Lt. Melvill
Christopher Cazenove
as Lt. Coghill
Bob Hoskins
as C.S.M. Williams
David Bradley
as Pte Williams
Paul Copley
as Cpl. Storey
Donald Pickering
as Maj. Russell R.A.
Nicholas Clay
as Lt. Raw
Phil Daniels
as Boy Pullen
Ian Yule
as Cpl. Fields
Peter J. Elliott
as Sentry
Brian O'Shaughnessy
as Maj. Smith R.A.
No photo
Jan Bruyns
as Elder Boer
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Sydney Chama
as S.M. Kambula
No photo
Len Sparrowhawk
as Trooper James
Ronald Pickup
as Lt. Harford
Ronald Lacey
as Norris Newman
