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(120)PG19791h 57mEN
Directed by Douglas Hickox
Part of the Zulu CollectionIn 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
fightbritish empirevictoryprequelbattlefieldbattledeathcolonialismspear throwingsurroundedstandoffmortar
Budget $11.8MBox office $1.9M
Cast
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
