Top billed cast

1. 

   Charlton Heston

   Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

2. 

   Laurence Olivier

   Mahdi

3. 

   Richard Johnson

   Colonel Stewart

4. 

   Ralph Richardson

   William Gladstone

5. 

   Alexander Knox

   Sir Evelyn Baring

6. 

   Johnny Sekka

   Khaleel

7. 

   Michael Hordern

   Lord Granville

8. 

   Zia Mohyeddin

   Zobeir Pasha

9. 

   Marne Maitland

   Sheikh Osman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-01

An epically staged historical drama about the uprising in the Sudan by the Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier) and his army of Dervishes against the British Empire. Prime Minster William Gladstone (Sir Ralph Richardson) was initially opposed to committing troops to reverse this defeat, and so instead decided to send as an imposing military figure as he could - General Charles Gordon (Charlton Heston). Respected and loathed in equal measure, he travelled to the war zone and our story tells the tale of his attempts to combat the religious fervour and desire for freedom from this local population. This ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• 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