Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1964-01-22) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total |
| Screen: | John Prebble, Cy Endfield |
| Productions: | Diamond Films UK |
| Production Countries: | South Africa, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, isiZulu |
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Casts
- 67449: Stanley Baker - Lt. John Chard R.E.
- 10018: Jack Hawkins - Rev. Otto Witt
- 25888: Ulla Jacobsson - Margareta Witt
- 15857: James Booth - Pte. Henry Hook
- 3895: Michael Caine - Lt. Gonville Bromhead
- 29909: Nigel Green - Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
- 153078: Paul Daneman - Sgt. Maxfield
Crews
- 76882: Cy Endfield - Director - Directing
- 2289: John Barry - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 67449: Stanley Baker - Producer - Production
- 76882: Cy Endfield - Producer - Production
- 27926: Stephen Dade - Director of Photography - Camera
- 7754: John Jympson - Editor - Editing
- 986346: Ernest Archer - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
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Men of Harlech onto glory. "In the hundred years since the Victoria Cross was created for valour and extreme courage beyond that normally expected of a British soldier in the face of the enemy, only 1,344 have been awarded, 11 of these were won by the defenders of the mission stat ....
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A superb adventure tale about a British battalion charged with the defence of a mission station at Rorke's Drift from an army of Zulu who wish to remove the red devils from their lands. Stanley Baker plays "Lt. Chard" who takes command of this troop of engineers and has to plan and i ....
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