Zulu Dawn (1979) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Douglas Hickox.

Cast

• Burt Lancaster as Col. Anthony Durnford
• Peter O'Toole as Lord Chelmsford
• John Mills as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
• Denholm Elliott as Colonel Pulleine
• Simon Ward as Lt. Vereker
• Nigel Davenport as Col. Hamilton-Brown
• Michael Jayston as Col. Crealock
• Peter Vaughan as QSM Bloomfield
• James Faulkner as Lt. Melvill
• Christopher Cazenove as Lt. Coghill
• Bob Hoskins as C.S.M. Williams
• David Bradley as Pte Williams
• Paul Copley as Cpl. Storey
• Donald Pickering as Maj. Russell R.A.
• Nicholas Clay as Lt. Raw
• Phil Daniels as Boy Pullen
• Ian Yule as Cpl. Fields
• Peter J. Elliott as Sentry
• Brian O'Shaughnessy as Maj. Smith R.A.
• Jan Bruyns as Elder Boer
• Sydney Chama as S.M. Kambula
• Len Sparrowhawk as Trooper James
• Ronald Pickup as Lt. Harford
• Ronald Lacey as Norris Newman
• Don Leonard as Fannin
• Patrick Mynhardt as Col. Harness
• Christopher Chittell as Lt. Milne
• Simon Sabela as Cetshwayo
• Ken Gampu as Mantshonga
• Gilbert Tjabane as Bayele
• Abe Temba as Uhama
• Muntu Ndebele as Siswe
• Paul Mafela as Zulu Prisoner
• Freddie Jones as Bishop Colenso
• Anna Calder-Marshall as Fanny Colenso
• Kenneth Baker as Mr de Witt
• Vivienne Drummond as Lady Frere
• Graham Armitage as Capt. Shepstone (uncredited)
• Terrick Fitzhugh as Jackson (uncredited)
• Ross Kettle as Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)

Crew

• Cy Endfield — Screenplay
• Nate Kohn — Producer
• Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer
• Anthony Story — Screenplay
• Ousama Rawi — Director of Photography
• Douglas Hickox — Director

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