Zulu (1964 film) the eleven defenders who received the Victoria Cross for the defence of Rorke's Drift, the most awarded to a regiment in a single action up to that time. Cy Endfield was inspired to make the film after reading an article on the Battle of Rorke's Drift by John Prebble. He took it to actor Stanley Baker with whom he had made several films and who was interested in moving into production. Endfield and Prebble drafted a script, which Baker then showed to Joseph E. Levine while making "Sodom and Gomorrah" (1962) in Italy. Levine agreed to fund the movie, which
90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) 1854 and saw action at the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854. The regiment returned to England in June 1856 but then embarked for India in February 1857 to help suppress the Indian Rebellion. It took part in the relief of Lucknow in November 1857, an action which saw members of the regiment awarded six Victoria Crosses. The regiment embarked for home in September 1869. The regiment embarked for the Cape Colony in January 1878 and fought in the Ninth Xhosa War later that year. It also saw action at the Battle of Kambula in March 1879 and the Battle