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.

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Stanley BakerLt. John Chard R.E.

Jack HawkinsRev. Otto Witt

Ulla JacobssonMargareta Witt

James BoothPte. Henry Hook

Michael CaineLt. Gonville Bromhead

Nigel GreenColour Sgt. Frank Bourne

Paul DanemanSgt. Maxfield

Patrick MageeSurgeon Reynolds