movie poster for KHARTOUM

Flicks ID

7800

Cert

PG

Running time

130 mins

Country

Format

DVD

KHARTOUM (1966)

JULIAN BLAUSTEIN

Plot

English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by Prime Minister Gladstone. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, General Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi, "the Expected One," the head of the Muslim forces. An out-and-out action spectacle sealed with stunning cinematography.