Stanley Baker "This Sporting Life" but had to drop out when "Guns of Navarone" went over schedule. She says Baker never regretted losing the part of Bond to Sean Connery but regretted not making "This Sporting Life". Baker wanted to move into production, and to this end formed his own company, Diamond Films with Endfield. They developed a script about the Battle of Rorke's Drift written by Endfield and John Prebble. While making "Sodom and Gomorrah" Baker struck up a relationship with that film's producer, Joseph E. Levine which enabled him to raise the $3 million budget for "Zulu" (1964), directed by
S. S. Stanley S. S. Stanley S. S. Stanley is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. He was active primarily as a film maker and a writer in the 2000s collaborating in ventures which often included Srikanth. After working as an assistant director for twelve years, he made his first film "April Maadhathil", a college love story starring Srikanth and Sneha, which became a box office success. His second venture, "Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan" featuring Dhanush, became an average grosser with Stanley suggesting the film's story was misunderstood by audiences. He then began work on a film featuring Ravi Krishna, Anjali Devi's