FILM legend Sir Stanley Baker used his love of Wales to turn the epic battle movie Zulu into what he called a “Welsh western” by altering the facts of the conflict, says a new book on the star.

Zulu, starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker, was 50 years old in 2014. To celebrate, here are 10 facts that might surprise you about the film UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

The untold story of the film Zulu starring Michael Caine, ... Endfield’s production partner and the film’s main star was Stanley Baker, a life-long supporter of the Labour Party.

Amazingly, the film he co-produced with its lead actor, Baker, manages to remain neutral about Britain’s much-maligned imperial heritage. I can’t help thinking that a modern re-make of Zulu ...

Profile of Welsh actor and producer Stanley Baker, on the BBC Wales Arts website. British ... and starred in 1964 film classic Zulu as Lieutenant John Chard alongside the young Michael Caine and ...

Michael Caine on Zulu: ... Big break: Stanley Baker helped get his pal Michael Caine a part in Zulu. He called Zulu “the biggest piece of luck I ever had in show business”.

Once the impressive Zulu impi or fighting force appears on the scene and the battle begins in earnest, the film’s use of Stephen Dade’s epic cinematography and an early score by John Barry ...

Many of the Zulu extras had never seen a movie before and didn’t quite understand what their job was in front of a camera. So the film’s star, Stanley Baker, had silent movies starring Laurel ...

A medal awarded to one of the defenders of Rorke's Drift, which was immortalised in the film Zulu, today sold for a record £132,000. Driver Charles Robson was the batman, or personal servant, to ...

FILM legend Sir Stanley Baker used his love of Wales to turn the epic battle movie Zulu into what he called a “Welsh western” by altering the facts of the conflict, says a new book on the star ...

Rugged Welsh actor Stanley Baker became famous for gritty unconventional film roles in the 1950s and 1960s, often playing unsympathetic characters and starring in classic war films such as The ...