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