Khartoum
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2hrs
14mins
Directed by
Basil Dearden,
Eliot Elisofon,
Starring
Charlton Heston,
Laurence Olivier,
Richard Johnson,
Ralph Richardson
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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.