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
