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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.
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English
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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
Julian Blaustein
Producer
Eliot Elisofon
Director
Robert Ardrey
Writer
Edward Scaife
Director of Photography
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Pamela Cornell
Set Dresser
Frank Cordell
Conductor
John Peverall
Assistant Director
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
Frank Cordell
Original Music Composer
Mary Bruce
Researcher
H. A. R. Thomson
Camera Operator
Dino Di Campo
Sound Editor
John McCorry
Wardrobe Supervisor
Frank Ernst
Unit Manager
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
John Howell
Art Direction
Ted Tester
Assistant Art Director
Hilda Fox
Hairdresser
Ray Parslow
Camera Operator
Basil Appleby
Unit Manager
Bill Lodge
Makeup Artist
Charles Orme
Production Supervisor
Tom Smith
Makeup Artist
Richard Parker
Special Effects
Fergus McDonell
Editor
John Dennis
Sound Recordist
Kelvin Pike
Camera Operator
Eileen Head
Continuity
Bluey Hill
Assistant Director
Kay Rawlings
Continuity
Scott MacGregor
Assistant Art Director
Cliff Culley
Special Effects
Harry Waxman
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jack Atcheler
Camera Operator
Yakima Canutt
Second Unit Director
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Laurie Clarkson
Sound Recordist
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
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