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Zulu Dawn   1979         PG, 115 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama Director: Douglas Hickox   Cast: Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott, Freddie Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner, Bob Hoskins, David Bradley, Paul Copley   When Gen. Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole) sends in British troops to fight the South African Zulu tribes, Col. Anthony Dumford (Burt Lancaster) leads his men into the fatal Battle of Isandhlwaba where they are greatly outnumbered. During the bloody battle, 30,000 Zulu warriors kill 1,500 British troops. This movie shows the events that led up to the siege at Rorke's Drift in "Zulu" (1964) and again shows the hostility between the British and native South Africans. Cast Burt Lancaster Col. Anthnony Dumford John Mills Sir Henry Bartle Frere Peter O'Toole Lord Chelmsford Simon Ward Lt. William Vereker Nigel Davenport Col. Hamilton-Brown Michael Jayston Col. Crealock Ronald Lacey Norris Newman Denholm Elliott Col. Pulleine Freddie Jones Bishop Colenso Christopher Cazenove Lt. Coghill Peter Vaughan Q.S.M. Bloomfield James Faulkner Lt. Melvill Bob Hoskins C.S.M. Williams David Bradley Private Williams Paul Copley Cpl. Storey