Khartoum (1966)
Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!
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.
- Date of release
- 1966-06-09
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (134)
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Genres
- History, War, Adventure
- Director
- Eliot Elisofon, Basil Dearden
Casting
- 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
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