Breathtaking battle scenes highlight this historical adventure epic that chronicles the 1879 conflict between a small detachment of British troops and 4000 Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift missionary station in Colonial Africa. Hopelessly outnumbered, Royal Engineer Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) and infantry officer Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) lead their men in a desperate fight for their lives. Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth also star. 138 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.