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
Conductor
Frank Cordell
Assistant Director
John Peverall
Sound Recordist
Bert Ross
Original Music Composer
Researcher
Mary Bruce
Camera Operator
H. A. R. Thomson
Sound Editor
Dino Di Campo
Wardrobe Supervisor
John McCorry
Unit Manager
Frank Ernst
Gordon K. McCallum
Art Direction
John Howell
Assistant Art Director
Ted Tester
Hairdresser
Hilda Fox
Ray Parslow
Basil Appleby
Makeup Artist
Bill Lodge
Production Supervisor
Charles Orme
Tom Smith
Special Effects
Richard Parker
Editor
Fergus McDonell
John Dennis
Kelvin Pike
Continuity
Eileen Head
Bluey Hill
Kay Rawlings
Scott MacGregor
Cliff Culley
Second Unit Director of Photography
Harry Waxman
Jack Atcheler
Jeff Seaholme
Laurie Clarkson
Casting
Weston Drury Jr.