History, War, Adventure
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 HestonGen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Laurence OlivierMahdi
Richard JohnsonColonel Stewart
Ralph RichardsonWilliam Gladstone
Alexander KnoxSir Evelyn Baring
Johnny SekkaKhaleel
Michael HordernLord Granville
Zia MohyeddinZobeir Pasha
Marne MaitlandSheikh Osman
Nigel GreenGeneral Wolseley
Hugh WilliamsLord Hartington
Ralph MichaelSir Charles Dilke
Douglas WilmerKhalifa Abdullah
Edward UnderdownColonel William Hicks
Peter ArneMajor Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt
