Una gran película sobre la batalla de Isandlwana durante la guerra Anglo-zulú en 1878.
 | Burt Lancaster | Durnford |
 | Simon Ward | William Vereker |
| Denholm Elliott | Pulleine |
| Peter Vaughan | Bloomfield |
| James Faulkner | Melvill |
 | Bob Hoskins | C.S.M. Williams |
| David Bradley [II] | Pte. Williams |
| Nicholas Clay | Raw |
| Christopher Cazenove | Teniente Melvill |
| Paul Copley | Cpl. Storey |
| Ian Yule | Cpl. Fields |
 | Peter O'Toole | Lord Chelmsford |
| Donald Pickering | Mayor Russell R.A. |
| Brian O'Shaughnessy | Mayor Smith R.A. |
| Phil Daniels | Boy Pullen |
| Nigel Davenport | Coronel Hamilton-Brown |
| Michael Jayston | Coronel Crealock |
| Patrick Mynhardt | Coronel Harness |
| Ronald Pickup | Teniente Harford |
| Chris Chittell | Teniente Milne |
| Ronald Lacey | Norris Newman |
| Sheldon Leonard | Fannin |
| Simon Sabela | Rey Cetshwayo |
| Ken Gampu | Mantshonga |
| John Mills | Sir Henry Bartle Frere |
| Freddie Jones | Obispo Colenso |
| Graham Armitage | Capitán Shepstone |
| Ray Davies | Sargento Murphy |
| Larry Taylor | Granadero |
