Khartoum (1966)
History, War, Adventure • PT2H14M
Overview
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.
Director: Eliot Elisofon, Basil Dearden
Top 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
