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
Peter O'Toole's headshot

Peter O'Toole

Lord Chelmsford
John Mills's headshot

John Mills

Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Denholm Elliott's headshot

Denholm Elliott

Colonel Pulleine
Simon Ward's headshot

Simon Ward

Lt. Vereker
Nigel Davenport's headshot

Nigel Davenport

Col. Hamilton-Brown
Michael Jayston's headshot

Michael Jayston

Col. Crealock
Peter Vaughan's headshot

Peter Vaughan

QSM Bloomfield

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