Eliot Elisofon, Basil Dearden
Charlton Heston (General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon), Laurence Olivier (Der Mahdi), Richard Johnson (Oberst J.D.H. Stewart), Ralph Richardson (William Gladstone), Alexander Knox (Sir Evelyn Baring), Johnny Sekka (Khaleel), Michael Hordern (Lord Granville), Nigel Green (General Wolseley), Zia Mohyeddin (Zobeir Pasha), Marne Maitland (Scheich Osman), Hugh Williams (Lord Hartington), Ralph Michael (Sir Charles Dilke), Douglas Wilmer (Khalifa Abdullah), Edward Underdown (Oberst William Hicks), Peter Arne (Major Kitchener), Alan Tilvern (Awaan), Bill Brandon (Soldat bei der Parade), Michael Anthony (Herbin), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Lord Northbrook), Alec Mango (Bordeini Bey), George Pastell (Giriagis Bey), Jerome Willis (Frank Power)