Khartoum
Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!
1966 · 2h 14m · APPROVED
Adventure, History, War
Directed by
Basil Dearden
,
Eliot Elisofon
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Khartoum
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 and cast
- Basil Dearden Director
- Eliot Elisofon Director
- 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
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