Released:
1966-06-09

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon

Runtime:
2h 14min

Genre:
History, War, Adventure

• Cast:
• 
  Charlton Heston
  as
  Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
• 
  Laurence Olivier
  as
  Mahdi
• 
  Richard Johnson
  as
  Colonel Stewart
• 
  Ralph Richardson
  as
  William Gladstone
• 
  Alexander Knox
  as
  Sir Evelyn Baring