Charlton Heston character Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Laurence Olivier character Mahdi
Richard Johnson character Colonel Stewart
Ralph Richardson character William Gladstone
Alexander Knox character Sir Evelyn Baring
Johnny Sekka character Khaleel
Michael Hordern character Lord Granville
Zia Mohyeddin character Zobeir Pasha
Marne Maitland character Sheikh Osman
Nigel Green character General Wolseley
Hugh Williams character Lord Hartington
Ralph Michael character Sir Charles Dilke
Douglas Wilmer character Khalifa Abdullah
Edward Underdown character Colonel William Hicks
Peter Arne character Major Kitchener
Alan Tilvern character Awaan
Michael Anthony character Herbin (uncredited)
Roger Delgado character Sheikh Abdul Rahim (uncredited)
Leo Genn character Narrator (uncredited)
