Zulu (1964 film) Quotes

Zulu (1964 film) is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . Zulu ended in 1970.

It features Stanley Baker as producer, John Barry (composer) in charge of musical score, and Stephen Dade as head of cinematography.

Zulu (1964 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Zulu (1964 film) is 139 minutes long. Zulu (1964 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Stanley Baker as Lieutenant John Chard, Michael Caine as Bromhead, Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, Gert van den Bergh as Adendorff, Ulla Jacobsson as Margareta Witt, Jack Hawkins as Reverend Otto Witt, Ivor Emmanuel as Pte. Owen, Larry Taylor as Hughes, Paul Daneman as Sgt. Robert Maxfield, Dennis Folbigge as Commissary Dalton, and Neil McCarthy as Private Thomas.

Zulu (1964 film) Quotes

Gert van den Bergh as Adendorff

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Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead

• (Michael Caine) "Damn the levies man -- Cowardly blacks."
• (Gert van den Bergh) "What the hell do you mean "cowardly blacks?" They died on your side, didn't they? And who the hell do you think is coming to wipe out your little command? The Grenadier Guards?"

• (Michael Caine) "You mean your only plan is to stand behind a few feet of mealie bags and wait for the attack?"

• (Michael Caine) "Fire at will."
• (Ivor Emmanuel) "That's very nice of him."

• (Michael Caine) "Adendorff, what's wrong with them? Why don't they fight?"
• (Gert van den Bergh) "They're counting your guns."
• (Stanley Baker) "What?"
• (Gert van den Bergh) "Can't you see that old boy up on the hill? He's counting your guns. Testing your firing power with the lives of his warriors."

• (Michael Caine) "Hot work?"
• (Stanley Baker) "Damned hot work."
• (Michael Caine) "Still, the river cooled you off a bit though, eh?"
• (Michael Caine) "Who are you?"
• (Stanley Baker) "John Chard, Royal Engineers."
• (Michael Caine) "Bromhead. 24th. That's my post -- up there."
• (Michael Caine) "You've come down from the column?"
• (Stanley Baker) "That's right. They want a bridge across the river."
• (Michael Caine) "Who said you could use my men?"
• (Stanley Baker) "They were sitting around on their backsides, doing nothing."
• (Michael Caine) "Rather you asked first, old boy."
• (Stanley Baker) "I was told that their officer was out hunting."
• (Michael Caine) "Err -- yes."
• (Michael Caine) "I'll tell my man to clean your kit."
• (Stanley Baker) "Don't bother."
• (Michael Caine) "No bother -- I'm not offering to clean it myself. Still, a chap ought to look smart in front of the men, don't you think? Well chin-chin -- do carry on with your mud pies."

• (Michael Caine) "Now there's a bitter pill. Our own damned rifles."

• (Michael Caine) "Chard. One of my men; Hook; do you know him?"
• (Stanley Baker) "No."
• (Michael Caine) "In the hospital, malingering under arrest. He's a thief, a coward and an insubordinate barrack room lawyer. And you've given him a rifle."
• (Stanley Baker) "What?"
• (Michael Caine) "In Queen's Regulations, it specifically states; Damn funny. Like a train -- in the distance."
• (Stanley Baker) "You were saying about Hook?"

• (Michael Caine) "At one hundred yards. Volley fire, present. Aim. Fire."

• (Michael Caine) "It looks er -- jolly simple, doesn't it?"
• (Gert van den Bergh) "It's, er, jolly deadly, old boy."
• (Michael Caine) "Well done, Adendorff, we'll make an Englishmen of you yet."

• (Michael Caine) "Well done, Adendorff, we'll make an Englishman of you yet."
• (Gert van den Bergh) "No, thanks. I'm a Boer. The Zulus are the enemies of my blood. What are you doing here?"
• (Michael Caine) "You don't object to our help, I hope?"
• (Gert van den Bergh) "It all depends on what you damned English want for it, afterwards."

• (Michael Caine) "If 1200 men couldn't hold a defensive position this morning, what chance have we with 100?"

• (Michael Caine) "Sixty. We dropped at least 60, wouldn't you say?"
• (Gert van den Bergh) "That leaves only 3,940."

Paul Daneman as Sgt. Robert Maxfield

• (Paul Daneman) "You're no good to anyone, except the Queen and Sergeant Maxfield."
• (Pte. Henry Hook) "Well, thank you very much, the both of you."

Stanley Baker as Lieutenant John Chard

• (Colour Sergeant Bourne) "It's a miracle."
• (Stanley Baker) "If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle."
• (Colour Sergeant Bourne) "And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind."

• (Stanley Baker) "Good. I can find work for baritones as well as tenors."

• (Stanley Baker) "Front rank fire. Rear rank fire, reload."

• (Stanley Baker) "I came here to build a bridge."

• (Stanley Baker) "Mr. Witt. When I have the impertinence to climb into your pulpit to deliver a sermon, then you can tell me my duty."

• (Stanley Baker) "What's our strength?"
• (Michael Caine) "Seven officers including surgeon, commissaries and so on; Adendorff now I suppose; wounded and sick 36, fit for duty 97 and about 40 native levies. Not much of an army for you."

• (Stanley Baker) "Do you think the Welsh can't do better than that, Owen?"
• (Ivor Emmanuel) "Well, they've got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors, that's for sure."

• (Stanley Baker) "Mr. Bourne, there should be 12 more men working on this redoubt."
• (Color Sgt. Bourne) "They're very tired, sir."
• (Stanley Baker) "I don't give a damn. And I want this wall nine feet high, firing steps on the inside. Form details to clear away the Zulu bodies, rebuild the south rampart, keep 'em moving. Do you understand?"
• (Color Sgt. Bourne) "Yes sir -- very good, sir."

• (Stanley Baker) "You're the professional. Take command."
• (Michael Caine) "Now listen, old boy, you're not badly hurt. We need you. We need you. Understand?"

• (Stanley Baker) "Well, you've fought your first action."
• (Michael Caine) "Does everyone feel like this afterwards?"
• (Stanley Baker) "How do you feel?"
• (Michael Caine) "Sick."
• (Stanley Baker) "Well, you have to feel alive to feel sick."
• (Michael Caine) "You asked me, I told you."
• (Michael Caine) "There's something else. I feel ashamed. Was that how it was for you? The first time?"
• (Stanley Baker) "The first time? You think I could stand this butcher's yard more than once?"
• (Michael Caine) "I didn't know."
• (Stanley Baker) "I came up here to build a bridge."

• (Stanley Baker) "The army doesn't like more than one disaster in a day."
• (Michael Caine) "Looks bad in the newspapers and upsets civilians at their breakfast."

Larry Taylor as Hughes

• (Larry Taylor) "Hey, Hooky -- who's doing all that shooting? Who do you think?"
• (Private Henry Hook) "Who do you think? Mister flamin' Bromhead, shooting flamin' defenseless animals for the flamin' officers' flamin' dinner."

• (Color Sgt. Bourne) "Hughes."
• (Larry Taylor) "Excused duty."
• (Color Sgt. Bourne) "No comedians, please. Hughes."
• (Larry Taylor) "Yes, Colour Sergeant."

Ulla Jacobsson as Margareta Witt

• (Ulla Jacobsson) "How can they let themselves be married in droves like this; young girls to -- to old men?"
• (Jack Hawkins) "In Europe, young women accept arranged marriages with rich men. Perhaps the Zulu girls are luckier, getting a brave man."

Ivor Emmanuel as Pte. Owen

• (Sergeant Windridge) "Owen."
• (Ivor Emmanuel) "Yes, Sergeant?"
• (Sergeant Windridge) "You've got a voice, haven't you?"
• (Ivor Emmanuel) "Yes, baritone, Sergeant."
• (Sergeant Windridge) "Well, get up on that hill and sing out if you see anything. You, too. And take your bandook, you dozy Welshman."

Neil McCarthy as Private Thomas

• (Neil McCarthy) "Why worry about a calf? I thought I was tired of farming. No adventure in it. But when you look at it, this country's not a bit as good as Bala and the lake there. Not really green, like. And the soil. There's no moisture in it. Nothing to hold a man in his grave."

Dennis Folbigge as Commissary Dalton

• (Dennis Folbigge) "Careful. Pop that chap somebody. Good fellow, good fellow."

Jack Hawkins as Reverend Otto Witt

• (Jack Hawkins) "The way of the Lord has been shown to us."

• (Jack Hawkins) "He breaketh the bow and snappeth the spear in sunder."
• (Color Sgt. Bourne) "I shall be exalted among the 'eathens -- I shall be exalted in the Earth."

• (Jack Hawkins) "Death waits you. You have made a covenant with death, and with Hell you are in agreement. You're all going to die. Don't you realize? Can't you see? You're all going to die. Die. Death awaits you all."

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