Khartoum

• 6.229
• 1966-06-09
• 134 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Charlton Heston (Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon) Laurence Olivier (Mahdi) Richard Johnson (Colonel Stewart) Ralph Richardson (William Gladstone) Alexander Knox (Sir Evelyn Baring) Johnny Sekka (Khaleel) Michael Hordern (Lord Granville) Zia Mohyeddin (Zobeir Pasha) Marne Maitland (Sheikh Osman) Nigel Green (General Wolseley)

Director:

Eliot Elisofon Basil Dearden

Writer:

Robert Ardrey