Zulu Dawn (1979)

  • PG
  • 05/15/1979 (US)
  • Adventure, Drama, History, War
  • 1h 57m

The sun dawned bloodied... two great armies met face to face... and the earth trembled to the sound of the Zulu death chant!

Overview

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Cy Endfield

Screenplay, Story

Anthony Story

Screenplay

Douglas Hickox

Director

Cast

Burt Lancaster's headshot

Burt Lancaster

Col. Anthony Durnford
Simon Ward's headshot

Simon Ward

Lt. Vereker
Denholm Elliott's headshot

Denholm Elliott

Colonel Pulleine
Peter Vaughan's headshot

Peter Vaughan

QSM Bloomfield
James Faulkner's headshot

James Faulkner

Lt. Melvill
Christopher Cazenove's headshot

Christopher Cazenove

Lt. Coghill
Bob Hoskins's headshot

Bob Hoskins

C.S.M. Williams
David Bradley's headshot

David Bradley

Pte Williams

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