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.
Lt. John Chard R.E.
Stanley Baker
Rev. Otto Witt
Jack Hawkins
Margareta Witt
Ulla Jacobsson
Pte. Henry Hook
James Booth
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Michael Caine
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Nigel Green
Sgt. Maxfield
Paul Daneman
Surgeon Reynolds
Patrick Magee
Cpl. Allen
Glynn Edwards
Pvt. Thomas
Neil McCarthy
Pvt. Hitch
David Kernan
Pvt. Cole
Gary Bond
Narration spoken (voice)
Richard Burton
Cetewayo
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Company cook
Kerry Jordan
Commissary Dalton
Dennis Folbigge
Adendorff
Gert Van den Bergh
Stickman
Harvey Hall
Stephenson
John Sullivan
Sergeant Windridge
Joe Powell
Hughes
Larry Taylor
Corporal Schiess
Dickie Owen
Gunner Howarth
Dafydd Havard
Private 716 Jones
Denys Graham
Private 593 Jones
Richard Davies
Lance / Corporal
Tom Gerrard
Private 612 Williams
Peter Gill
Private Owen
Ivor Emmanuel
Dance Leader
Simon Sabela