Khartoum
1966 · 134 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 8,656 VOTES · DIR. Eliot Elisofon, Basil Dearden
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,118 lines
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00:06:34 The Nile was always there.
00:15:01 commands me to speak, for I am the Mahdi, the Expected One.
00:18:21 Also Hicks thought he was fighting an ignorant savage and he wasn't.
00:21:21 When he went to the Sudan as governor general and put down the slave trade
00:24:26 Oh, Egypt will give you some ribbon or other.
00:27:55 Not at all, sir. I am to report to Mr Gladstone any actions you may take
00:32:13 and I swear to you my devoted service.
00:36:15 Go back. Go back to London. There's too much danger, too little hope.
00:40:15 and compromise your country, just to satisfy your own vanity?
00:47:54 - How does he appear? - The skin is pink.
00:52:22 its body was sick, stricken with hunger and abused by war.
00:55:35 You have described to me how it was an object lesson
00:59:44 The evacuation... We must...
01:03:55 I want to take it upcountry and bring back every head of cattle
01:12:35 "Suspicions exist, sir, that you've created a situation to fit your own inclinations."
01:16:24 but allow me the privilege of being slaughtered with them"?
01:23:20 Stand to your camels.
01:27:09 - How low is the ditch? - Low.
01:31:26 Thank you, Hassan.
01:38:10 When does the army come?
01:43:02 I can't believe it. When did you say the Abbas passed through?
01:49:50 Excellency, from Major Kitchener, a message at last.
01:54:58 I should prefer, Gordon Pasha, that you leave Khartoum now.
01:58:27 I do not believe any infidel - even you, Gordon Pasha -
Cast & Characters
Charlton Heston
General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Laurence Olivier
The Mahdi
Richard Johnson
Colonel 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
General Wolseley
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,118
Dialogue density8.3 lines / min
First line00:06:34
Final line01:58:27
Production Record
DirectorEliot Elisofon, Basil Dearden
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000
IMDb votes8,656