- Muslim resistance to empire is embodied in the Mahdi, played in dark makeup by Laurence Olivier as a fanatic who declares himself divinely chosen and vows to slaughter every inhabitant of Khartoum; his followers are a massed horde set against Gordon's lone heroism.
Khartoum (1966)
film
- Distributor
- UA
- Cast
- Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier
- Production notes
- Filmed in Egypt