"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
as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
Jack Hawkins
as Colonel Deal
Flora Robson
as Miss Barker-Wise
John Leyton
as Private Wilkes
Mia Farrow
as Karen Eriksson
Cecil Parker
as Fletcher
Errol John
as Boniface
Graham Stark
as Dodger
Earl Cameron
as Captain Abraham
Percy Herbert
as Parkin
David Lodge
as Muscles
Bernard Horsfall
as Schoolie
John Meillon
as Aussie
Horace James
as
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
John Addison
Original Music Composer
Barbara Ritchie
Hairdresser
John McCorry
Wardrobe Supervisor
Diana Hawkins
Publicist
Leo Marks
Writer
George H. Brown
Producer
Max Benedict
Editor
Robert Holles
Novel
C.M. Pennington-Richards
Additional Writing
Maurice Carter
Art Direction
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Don Deacon
Sound Editor
Marshall Pugh
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Screenplay
Stuart Lyons
Casting
David W. Orton
Production Manager