Khartoum (1966)

Director: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon
Cast: Alexander Knox, Charlton Heston, Johnny Sekka, Laurence Olivier, Michael Hordern, Ralph Richardson, Richard Johnson, Zia Mohyeddin

Synopsis:

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.