He also behind the camera for the films of Sabu, including Elephant Boy and The Drum and The Four Feathers which won the Oscar for Best Colour Cinematography.
Most of the action over the next six years takes place in the eastern Sudan, where the British and Egyptians held Suakin.
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For example, the celebrated 1939 cinematic version, produced by Alexander Korda and Ralph Richardson, begins just after the death of Gordon in 1885.
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The character of McBragg is based on English actor C. Aubrey Smith - from the 1939 motion picture The Four Feathers ("War was war then") - who often played roles in films similar to the exploits related by McBragg.
He went on to take minor roles in The Copter Kids, Bugsy Malone, The Four Feathers and The Winslow Boy, after which he was chosen to play teen Damien Thorn in Damien: Omen II in 1978, his most famous role.
He also produced Impostor directed by Gary Fleder, and starring Gary Sinise and Madeleine Stowe, as well as, The Four Feathers, which he produced with Stanley and Robert Jaffe.
Cardona has also worked on other British TV series such as The Flaxton Boys, The Four Feathers, Thriller, Fraud Squad, Crime of Passion, Emmerdale and Virgin of the Secret Service.
The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog.