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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.
Language
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English
Budget$6,000,000
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Keywords
epic
africa
siege
british empire
islam
sudan
victorian england
desert
insurgent
decapitated head
british colonialism
battle strategy
british officer
desert battle
19th century
british occupation
khartoum, sudan
historical battle
british imperialism
Casts
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
Crews
Basil Dearden
Director
Eliot Elisofon
Director
Julian Blaustein
Producer
Robert Ardrey
Writer
Edward Scaife
Director of Photography
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Pamela Cornell
Set Dresser
Frank Cordell
Original Music Composer
Frank Cordell
Conductor
Yakima Canutt
Second Unit Director
Harry Waxman
Second Unit Director of Photography
Richard Parker
Special Effects
John Howell
Art Direction
Fergus McDonell
Editor
Charles Orme
Production Supervisor
Basil Appleby
Unit Manager
Frank Ernst
Unit Manager
Mary Bruce
Researcher
John Peverall
Assistant Director
Bluey Hill
Assistant Director
Jack Atcheler
Camera Operator
H. A. R. Thomson
Camera Operator
Ray Parslow
Camera Operator
Kelvin Pike
Camera Operator
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
Laurie Clarkson
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
John Dennis
Sound Recordist
Dino Di Campo
Sound Editor
Scott MacGregor
Assistant Art Director
Ted Tester
Assistant Art Director
Eileen Head
Continuity
Kay Rawlings
Continuity
Bill Lodge
Makeup Artist
Tom Smith
Makeup Artist
John McCorry
Wardrobe Supervisor
Hilda Fox
Hairdresser
Cliff Culley
Special Effects
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
Backdrops & Posters
