
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.
Michael Caine
Lt. Gonville Bromhead

Nigel Green
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne

Paul Daneman
Sgt. Maxfield

Patrick Magee
Surgeon Reynolds

Glynn Edwards
Cpl. Allen

Neil McCarthy
Pvt. Thomas