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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.

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

Credits

Charlton HestonGen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

Laurence OlivierMahdi

Richard JohnsonColonel Stewart

Ralph RichardsonWilliam Gladstone

Alexander KnoxSir Evelyn Baring