A battle for pride and honour - on both sides.

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2019)

A superb adventure tale about a British battalion charged with the defence of a mission station at Rorke's Drift from an army of Zulu who wish to remove the red devils from their lands. Stanley Baker plays Lt. Chard who takes command of this troop of engineers and has to plan and implement the defence of his ramshackle post whilst also combatting the superiority complex of Michael Caine's Lt. Bromhead who hails from a distinguished family of military and who, initially resents the leadership of this amateur, and from a drunken Jack Hawkins who's mission they are stranded in. John Prebble and Cy Endfield keep the script tight; and John Barry delivers a suitably grand score for this beautifully shot film.