"Zulus, sir. Thousands of them..." Well, 4,000 to be precise, and all of them heading towards a character-actor-packed stockade at Rourke's Drift, with their spear-points glinting in the sun. Anxiously awaiting them is small regiment of Wales' finest, keeping the British imperial end up in south African back-country, in 1879. Stanley Baker is the dignified officer, Michael Caine (in his first starring role), his sour lieutenant. The Zulus play themselves. And they're good.

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