East of Sudan
– A British soldier escapes from 1880s Khartoum and goes down the Nile river with a fellow soldier, a ..
Release Date:
01 Jul 1965
Language:
English, Swahili, Arabic
MPAA Content-Rating:
APPROVED
Director:
Nathan Juran
Writer:
Jud Kinberg (screenplay)
Main Actors:
Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Derek Fowlds, Jenny Agutter
Plot:
During the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the emir's daughter Asua and her English governess, Miss Woodville. It's a perilous journey on the Nile and its banks. They must face crocodiles, Arab slavers and a backward Negro tribe they prey on, where king Gondoko's missionary-raised brother Kimrasi saves and joins them. Once in capital Khartum, they find the revolt has reached it and the men join the fight.
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