Burt Lancaster
Col. Anthony Durnford
Simon Ward
Lt. Vereker
Denholm Elliott
Colonel Pulleine
Peter Vaughan
QSM Bloomfield
James Faulkner
Lt. Melvill
Christopher Cazenove
Lt. Coghill
Bob Hoskins
C.S.M. Williams
David Bradley
Pte Williams
Paul Copley
Cpl. Storey
Donald Pickering
Maj. Russell R.A.
Nicholas Clay
Lt. Raw
Phil Daniels
Boy Pullen
Ian Yule
Cpl. Fields
Peter J. Elliott
Sentry
Brian O'Shaughnessy
Maj. Smith R.A.
Jan Bruyns
Elder Boer
Sydney Chama
S.M. Kambula
Len Sparrowhawk
Trooper James
Peter O'Toole
Lord Chelmsford
Nigel Davenport
Col. Hamilton-Brown
Michael Jayston
Col. Crealock
Ronald Pickup
Lt. Harford
Ronald Lacey
Norris Newman
Don Leonard
Fannin
Patrick Mynhardt
Col. Harness
Christopher Chittell
Lt. Milne
Simon Sabela
Cetshwayo
Ken Gampu
Mantshonga
Gilbert Tjabane
Bayele
Abe Temba
Uhama
Muntu Ndebele
Siswe
Paul Mafela
Zulu Prisoner
John Mills
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Freddie Jones
Bishop Colenso
Anna Calder-Marshall
Fanny Colenso
Kenneth Baker
Mr de Witt
Claire Marshall
Mrs de Witt
Vivienne Drummond
Lady Frere
Graham Armitage
Capt. Shepstone (uncredited)
Terrick Fitzhugh
Jackson (uncredited)
Ross Kettle
Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)
Michael Richard
Isandhlwana Redcoat (uncredited)
Larry Taylor
Grenadier (uncredited)
Ashley Waldorf
Field Hospital Casualty (uncredited)
Cy Endfield
Screenplay
Anthony Story
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Nate Kohn
Producer
Douglas Hickox
Director
Malcolm Cooke
Editor
Ousama Rawi
Director of Photography
Robin O'Donoghue
Sound Assistant
Don Sharpe
Sound Editor
Terry Sharratt
Boom Operator
James Faulkner
Co-Producer
Cy Endfield
Story
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Mixer
Peter MacDonald
Second Unit Director
Robin Gregory
Sound Mixer
David Tomblin
Second Unit Director
Colin Polson
Hair Department Head
John Buckley
Costume Design
Peter Williams
Art Direction
Dieter Nobbe
Associate Producer
Barrie Saint Clair
Executive Producer
Colin Arthur
Makeup Department Head
Irene Lamb
Casting
John Rosewarne
Production Design