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Khartoum   1966         N/R, 134 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama Director: Basil Dearden   Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, Laurence Olivier, Hugh Williams, Nigel Green, Johnny Sekka, Michael Hordern, Ralph Michael   This drama recreates the 19th-century defeat of the British in the Sudan. It highlights General Gordon (Charlton Heston) and his Christian forces as they fight the Mahdi (Laurence Olivier) and his Muslim tribesmen.