Fact-based historical adventure about the final years of British general Charles Gordon. The officer is sent to aid Egyptian forces in 1884, as they crumble under attack from Sudanese warriors. When it becomes clear a truce is out of the question, the military strategist is shocked by the governments's reluctance to send more troops - prompting him to make a series of bold manoeuvres. Starring Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson.

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.