Khartoum

1966 · 134 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 8,656 VOTES · DIR. Eliot Elisofon, Basil Dearden

Khartoum poster

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

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