Movie Review: 'Zulu' (1964)
Zulu (1964) Directed by: Cy Endfield Written by: John Prebble and Cy Endfield, based on an article by Prebble Starring: Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, Nigel Green, James Booth, Paul Daneman, Ivor Emmanuel, Glynn Edwards, Patrick Magee I first saw Zulu when I was 10 years old; in 1973 the Miami TV station that is now known as WFOR-TV (CBS-4) was WCIX (Channel 6) and an independent which coexisted with three network affiliates and a handful of UHF stations in the South Florida market. Back then, Channel Six's programming relied on reruns of classic sitcoms, safe fare along the lines of "Bowling For Dollars," the "Eight PM Movie" on weeknights and several daytime movies on Saturdays and Sundays. Because the Big Three networks had first dibs on big blockbuster flicks of relatively recent vintage (usually a year or two after a film's theatrical run), Channel Six's selection was heavy on older films -- usually fr...