55 Days at Peking
1963
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100% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 66% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In 1883, William Gladstone (Ralph Richardson), Britain's prime minister, enlists reputable Gen. Gordon (Charlton Heston) to smooth ...
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On the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 10 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 7/10. In the 21st century, historian Alex von Tunzelmann criticized the film for "factual inaccuracies" and Olivier's "unrealistic accent" and blackface makeup.
Khartoum is an account of the 1885 massacre of British General Charles (Chinese) Gordon (played by Charlton Heston) and British Egyptian troops in Khartoum in the Sudan by the hard-line Muslim forces of The Mahdi (The Chosen One), played by Sir Laurence Olivier--good make-up job.
Sep 10, 2012 · Khartoum 1966, directed by Basil Dearden | Film review. Film. Time Out says. A massive all-star cast and a huge budget help to make the more vacuous moments of this epic comparatively painless.
After an Egyptian Army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880s, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war, but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum.
Feb 18, 2014 · The film, impressively directed by Basil Dearden, was met with respectable, if unenthusiastic, reviews upon its initial release. The boxoffice take was also anemic especially in the all-important American market where the film's historical basis was largely unknown to U.S. audiences.
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