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Khartoum

Year:
Duration:
134 min | USA:128 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
IMDB rate:
6.9
Director:
Basil Dearden
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1966-06-15
Filming Locations: Al Minyal, Egypt
Cast
Actor
Character
Peter Arne
Peter Arne
Khartoum
Charlton Heston
Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Laurence Olivier
The Mahdi
Richard Johnson
Col. J.D.H. Stewart
Ralph Richardson
William Gladstone
Alexander Knox
Sir Evelyn Baring
Johnny Sekka
Khaleel
Michael Hordern
Lord Granville
Zia Mohyeddin
Zobeir Pasha
Marne Maitland
Sheikh Osman
Nigel Green
Gen. Wolseley
Hugh Williams
Lord Hartington
Ralph Michael
Sir Charles Dilke
Douglas Wilmer
Khalifa Abdullah
Edward Underdown
Col. William Hicks
Alan Tilvern
Awaan
Michael Anthony
Herbin (uncredited)
Roger Delgado
(uncredited)
Leo Genn
Narrator (uncredited)
Lisa Guiraut
The Dancer (uncredited)
David Lawton
Man (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Lord Northbrook (uncredited)
Alec Mango
Bordeini Bey (uncredited)
George Pastell
Giriagis Bey (uncredited)
Robert Rietty
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)
Jerome Willis
Frank Power (uncredited)
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Trivia
Charlton Heston had hoped that Sir Carol Reed might be persuaded to direct the film, and, when Sir Carol declined, instead pressed for Ken Hughes or Guy Hamilton to be signed for the job. He was not pleased with the way Basil Dearden, who eventually did direct, handled the film.
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The real Major General Charles Gordon was only 5 feet 5 inches tall.
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The paddle steamer early in the movie where Gordon and Scott leave England is the Princess Elizabeth, built in 1927 and a veteran of the May 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk, where she made four trips carrying British soldiers back to Britain. From 1970 to 1987 she was a pub restaurant in London, near Tower Bridge, then moved to Paris and used as an art gallery. Since 1999 she's been a tourist attraction in Dunkerque, France.
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Goofs
Gordon has a friend in Khartoum executed for stealing grain. The man is killed by firing squad. In spite of being shot by a number of riflemen, his white clothing show absolutely no sign of injury.
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The attack on Khartoum starts with an artillery shell completely destroying the top of a tower located in the city, yet later in the film a night shot displays the tower again intact.
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When Kitchener's army is seen training near the pyramids on the wide screen print you can see two people strolling in modern dress on the sand dunes in the background.
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Quotes
Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon: Colonel, what are the chances of my sacking you as my aide?
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William Gladstone: I don't trust any man who consults God before he consults me.
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Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon: If you, as a servant of your god, must use one hundred thousand warriors to destroy me, a solitary servant of my God, then you whisper to me Muhammed Ahmed: who will be remembered from Khartoum, your god or Mine?
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Photos from cast
Peter Arne
transparent background squirrel cliart Drawn protein squirrel cartoon Squirrel with nuts drawing