Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Charlton Heston
Mahdi
Laurence Olivier
Lord Hartington
Hugh Williams
Sir Charles Dilke
Ralph Michael
Khalifa Abdullah
Douglas Wilmer
Colonel William Hicks
Edward Underdown
Major Kitchener
Peter Arne
Awaan
Alan Tilvern
Herbin
Michael Anthony
Sheikh Abdul Rahim
Roger Delgado
Narrator (voice)
Leo Genn
Frank Power
Jerome Willis
Colonel Stewart
Richard Johnson
William Gladstone
Ralph Richardson
Sir Evelyn Baring
Alexander Knox
Khaleel
Johnny Sekka
Lord Granville
Michael Hordern
Zobeir Pasha
Zia Mohyeddin
Sheikh Osman
Marne Maitland
General Wolseley
Nigel Green
Second Unit Director
Yakima Canutt
Director
Basil Dearden
Eliot Elisofon
Producer
Julian Blaustein
Writer
Robert Ardrey
Director of Photography
Edward Scaife
Boom Operator
Tom Buchanan
Set Dresser
Pamela Cornell
Original Music Composer
Frank Cordell
Conductor
Second Unit Director of Photography
Harry Waxman
Special Effects
Richard Parker
Art Direction
John Howell
Editor
Fergus McDonell
Production Supervisor
Charles Orme
Unit Manager
Basil Appleby
Frank Ernst
Researcher
Mary Bruce
Assistant Director
John Peverall
Bluey Hill
Camera Operator
Jack Atcheler
H. A. R. Thomson
Ray Parslow
Kelvin Pike
Jeff Seaholme
Sound Recordist
Bert Ross
Laurie Clarkson
Gordon K. McCallum
John Dennis
Sound Editor
Dino Di Campo
Assistant Art Director
Scott MacGregor
Ted Tester
Continuity
Eileen Head
Kay Rawlings
Makeup Artist
Bill Lodge
Tom Smith
Wardrobe Supervisor
John McCorry
Hairdresser
Hilda Fox
Cliff Culley
Casting
Weston Drury Jr.