Khartoum
Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!
Rating: 6.4 out of 10TMDB(135 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1967)
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Box office
Made on a $6M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Egypt and Pinewood Studios
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Setting
Set in Cairo, Khartoum, Sudan and London
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Music
Music by Frank Cordell
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Edward Scaife
Details
- Directors
- Writer
- Robert ArdreyWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 9, 1966
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $6M
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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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
Douglas WilmerKhalifa Abdullah
Edward UnderdownColonel William Hicks
Peter ArneMajor Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt
Alan TilvernAwaan- Michael AnthonyHerbin
Roger DelgadoSheikh Abdul Rahim
Jerome WillisFrank Power
Ronald Leigh-HuntLord Northbrook
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