Directed by:
Basil DeardenScreenplay:
Robert ArdreyCinematography:
Edward ScaifeComposer:
Frank CordellCast:
Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, Johnny Sekka, Michael Hordern, Nigel Green, Hugh Williams, Leo Genn (more)VOD (3)
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After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum. They decide to ask General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, something of a folk hero in the Sudan as he had cleared the area of the slave trade, to arrange for the evacuation. Gordon agrees but also decides to defend the city against the forces of the Mahdi - the expected one - and tries to force the British to commit troops. (Sandpiper Pictures)
(more)Cast
Charlton Heston
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Hamlet (1948)
Richard Johnson
UK
Best movies:
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Lady Jane (1986)
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Ralph Richardson
UK
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The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Alexander Knox
Canada
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Johnny Sekka
Senegal
Best movies:
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Khartoum (1966)
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Michael Hordern
UK
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Shogun (1980) (series)
Nigel Green
South Africa
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Hugh Williams
UK
Best movies:
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Doctor Faustus (1967)
Khartoum (1966)
Leo Genn
UK
Best movies:
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Moby Dick (1956)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Alan Tilvern
UK
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Night and the City (1950)
Peter Arne
Malaysia
Best movies:
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Straw Dogs (1971)
Far Pavilions, The (1984) (series)
Edward Underdown
UK
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Thunderball (1965)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Alec Mango
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
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Marne Maitland
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Zia Mohyeddin
India
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Khartoum (1966)
Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
Roger Delgado
UK
Best movies:
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Ralph Michael
UK
Best movies:
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