An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Richard Attenborough
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
Jack Hawkins
Colonel Deal
Flora Robson
Miss Barker-Wise
John Leyton
Private Wilkes
Mia Farrow
Karen Eriksson
Cecil Parker
Fletcher
Errol John
Boniface
Graham Stark
Dodger
Earl Cameron
Captain Abraham
Percy Herbert
Parkin
David Lodge
Muscles
Bernard Horsfall
Schoolie
John Meillon
Aussie
Horace James
Patrick Holt
Alan Browning
Richard Bidlake
Joe Layode
Ric Hutton
Thomas Baptiste
John Ashley Hamilton
Louis Mahoney
Bloke Modisane
Benny Nightingale
Frank Singuineau
John Guillermin
Director
C.M. Pennington-Richards
Writer
Leo Marks
Marshall Pugh
George H. Brown
Producer
Jan 2, 1958
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Mar 10, 1969
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Apr 2, 1999
20th Century Fox
US
George H. Brown Productions
United Kingdom
English