Khartoum

Khartoum

134 mins | Adventure, War, History | June 9, 1966

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

Khartoum

134 mins | Adventure, War, History | June 9, 1966

Khartoum
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers United Artists, Julian Blaustein Productions Ltd.
Original title Khartoum
Directors Eileen Head, Kay Rawlings, Bluey Hill, Eliot Elisofon, Yakima Canutt, Basil Dearden, John Peverall
Writers Robert Ardrey

Cast

Charlton Heston

as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

Laurence Olivier

as Mahdi

Richard Johnson

as Colonel Stewart

Ralph Richardson

as William Gladstone

Alexander Knox

as Sir Evelyn Baring

Johnny Sekka

as Khaleel

Michael Hordern

as Lord Granville

Zia Mohyeddin

as Zobeir Pasha

Marne Maitland

as Sheikh Osman

Nigel Green

as General Wolseley

Hugh Williams

as Lord Hartington

Ralph Michael

as Sir Charles Dilke

Douglas Wilmer

as Khalifa Abdullah

Edward Underdown

as Colonel William Hicks

Peter Arne

as Major Kitchener

Alan Tilvern

as Awaan

Michael Anthony

as Herbin (uncredited)

Roger Delgado

as Sheikh Abdul Rahim (uncredited)

Leo Genn

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)