The read
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
130 audience votes
Key crew
- Basil DeardenDirector
- Eliot ElisofonDirector
- Robert ArdreyWriter
- Frank CordellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charlton HestonGen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
- Laurence OlivierMahdi
- Richard JohnsonColonel Stewart
- Ralph RichardsonWilliam Gladstone
- Alexander KnoxSir Evelyn Baring
- Johnny SekkaKhaleel
- Michael HordernLord Granville
- Zia MohyeddinZobeir Pasha
- Marne MaitlandSheikh Osman
- Nigel GreenGeneral Wolseley
- Hugh WilliamsLord Hartington
- Ralph MichaelSir Charles Dilke
Stills
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Themes
africasiegebritish empireislamsudanvictorian englanddesertinsurgentdecapitated headbritish colonialismbattle strategybritish officer
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