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 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/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt
Alan Tilvern
Awaan
Michael Anthony
Herbin
Roger Delgado
Sheikh Abdul Rahim
Jerome Willis
Frank Power
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Lord Northbrook
George Pastell
Giriagis Bey
Alec Mango
Bordeini Bey
Neville Becker
Assistant, Messenger to Gordon
Harold Sanderson
Officer
Lisa Guiraut
Dancer
Leo Genn
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Basil Dearden
Director
Eliot Elisofon
Director
Robert Ardrey
Writer
Fergus McDonell
Editor
Edward Scaife
Director of Photography
Terence A. Clegg
Second Assistant Director
John Peverall
Assistant Director
Bluey Hill
Assistant Director
Charles Orme
Production Supervisor
Julian Blaustein
Producer
Jack Atcheler
Camera Operator
H. A. R. Thomson
Camera Operator
Ray Parslow
Camera Operator
Kelvin Pike
Camera Operator
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
John McCorry
Wardrobe Supervisor
Hilda Fox
Hairdresser
Bill Lodge
Makeup Artist
Tom Smith
Makeup Artist
Yakima Canutt
Second Unit Director
Harry Waxman
Second Unit Director of Photography
Scott MacGregor
Assistant Art Director
Ted Tester
Assistant Art Director
Dino Di Campo
Sound Editor
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
Laurie Clarkson
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
John Dennis
Sound Recordist
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Richard Parker
Special Effects
Cliff Culley
Special Effects
Frank Cordell
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Pamela Cornell
Set Dresser
Eileen Head
Continuity
Kay Rawlings
Continuity
Mary Bruce
Researcher
Basil Appleby
Unit Manager
Frank Ernst
Unit Manager
John Howell
Art Direction
