Charlton Heston

Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

Laurence Olivier

Mahdi

Richard Johnson

Colonel Stewart

Ralph Richardson

William Gladstone

Alexander Knox

Sir Evelyn Baring

Johnny Sekka

Khaleel

Michael Hordern

Lord Granville

Zia Mohyeddin

Zobeir Pasha

Marne Maitland

Sheikh Osman

Nigel Green

General Wolseley

Hugh Williams

Lord Hartington

Ralph Michael

Sir Charles Dilke

Douglas Wilmer

Khalifa Abdullah

Edward Underdown

Colonel William Hicks

Peter Arne

Major Kitchener

Alan Tilvern

Awaan

Michael Anthony

Herbin

Roger Delgado

Sheikh Abdul Rahim

Leo Genn

Narrator (voice)

Jerome Willis

Frank Power

Eliot Elisofon

Director

Robert Ardrey

Writer

Basil Dearden

Director

Julian Blaustein

Producer

Edward Scaife

Director of Photography

Tom Buchanan

Boom Operator

Pamela Cornell

Set Dresser

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

John Peverall

Assistant Director

Bert Ross

Sound Recordist

Yakima Canutt

Second Unit Director

Mary Bruce

Researcher

Dino Di Campo

Sound Editor

Frank Cordell

Original Music Composer

Jack Atcheler

Camera Operator

H. A. R. Thomson

Camera Operator

Bluey Hill

Assistant Director

John Dennis

Sound Recordist

Frank Ernst

Unit Manager

Gordon K. McCallum

Sound Recordist

Ted Tester

Assistant Art Director

Fergus McDonell

Editor

Eileen Head

Continuity

Kay Rawlings

Continuity

Scott MacGregor

Assistant Art Director

Tom Smith

Makeup Artist

Charles Orme

Production Supervisor

Ray Parslow

Camera Operator

Harry Waxman

Second Unit Director of Photography

Laurie Clarkson

Sound Recordist

Frank Cordell

Conductor

John McCorry

Wardrobe Supervisor

Basil Appleby

Unit Manager

Kelvin Pike

Camera Operator

Richard Parker

Special Effects

John Howell

Art Direction

Cliff Culley

Special Effects

Bill Lodge

Makeup Artist

Hilda Fox

Hairdresser

Weston Drury Jr.

Casting