Burt Lancaster
Col. Anthony Durnford
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
Donald Pickering
Maj. Russell R.A.
Brian O'Shaughnessy
Maj. Smith R.A.
Len Sparrowhawk
Trooper James
Peter O'Toole
Lord Chelmsford
Nigel Davenport
Col. Hamilton-Brown
Michael Jayston
Col. Crealock
Ronald Lacey
Norris Newman
Patrick Mynhardt
Col. Harness
Christopher Chittell
Lt. Milne
John Mills
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Freddie Jones
Bishop Colenso
Anna Calder-Marshall
Fanny Colenso
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)