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.
Top 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
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