The top mistakes in Zulu http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1440 en Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:55:09 +0000 13616 When Corporal Allen pulls Private Hitch off the ramparts when Hitch is shooting at Zulu's in the hills with his pith helmet on backwards, Hitch gets shot in the leg, and Allen pulls him in. Allen is shot in the chest, he clutches his chest, falls inside ramparts with blood underneath his clutching hand. When you see him after camera cut he is clutching the OTHER side of his chest. 8847 The 24th is identified as the "South Wales Borderers."  In 1879, the regiment was the 2nd Warwickshire.  It did not become a Welsh regiment until 1881. 8832 A bit of dramatic license was taken by the scriptwriters. Though portrayed in the film as a skiving drunkard, in real life Private Hook was considered a model soldier who was a lifetime teetotaller. 8841 In the scene where Michael Caine shoots at the leopard, you can see the trainer in the clump of trees beckoning the animal on. 8837 Assistant Commissary Dalton, portrayed as a bit of an upper-class twit in the film, was in actuality a former infantry quartermaster sergeant and the most experienced soldier in the garrison. He helped to plan the defense.