Khartoum (1966)

Name: Khartoum
Director: Basil Dearden
Released: 1966-06-09
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox

HistoryWarAdventure

134 min

"Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!"

Plot Summary

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.