Khartoum poster
Director Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon
Writer Robert Ardrey

Khartoum

Tagline: Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!

Release Date: 1966-06-09

Duration: 134 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Charlton Heston
    Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
  • Laurence Olivier
    Mahdi
  • Michael Hordern
    Lord Granville
  • Marne Maitland
    Sheikh Osman
  • Roger Delgado
    Sheikh Abdul Rahim
  • Richard Johnson
    Colonel Stewart
  • Johnny Sekka
    Khaleel
  • Ralph Richardson
    William Gladstone
  • Zia Mohyeddin
    Zobeir Pasha
  • Alexander Knox
    Sir Evelyn Baring