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.
Cast
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
Hugh Williams
Lord Hartington
Ralph Michael
Sir Charles Dilke
Douglas Wilmer
Khalifa Abdullah
Edward Underdown
Colonel William Hicks
Peter Arne
Major Kitchener
Alan Tilvern
Awaan
Michael Anthony
Herbin
Roger Delgado
Sheikh Abdul Rahim
Leo Genn
Narrator (voice)
Jerome Willis
Frank Power
Crew
Eliot Elisofon
Director
Basil Dearden
Director
Robert Ardrey
Writer
Fergus McDonell
Editor
Edward Scaife
Director of Photography
John Peverall
Assistant Director
Bluey Hill
Assistant Director
Charles Orme
Production Supervisor
Julian Blaustein
Producer
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Jack Atcheler
Camera Operator
H. A. R. Thomson
Camera Operator
Ray Parslow
Camera Operator
Kelvin Pike
Camera Operator
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
John McCorry
Wardrobe Supervisor
Hilda Fox
Hairdresser
Tom Smith
Makeup Artist
Bill Lodge
Makeup Artist
Yakima Canutt
Second Unit Director
Harry Waxman
Second Unit Director of Photography
Ted Tester
Assistant Art Director
Scott MacGregor
Assistant Art Director
Dino Di Campo
Sound Editor
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
John Dennis
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Laurie Clarkson
Sound Recordist
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Richard Parker
Special Effects
Cliff Culley
Special Effects
Frank Cordell
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Pamela Cornell
Set Dresser
Eileen Head
Continuity
Kay Rawlings
Continuity
Mary Bruce
Researcher
Frank Ernst
Unit Manager
Basil Appleby
Unit Manager
John Howell
Art Direction
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