Cast
- Charlton Heston as Maj. Matt Lewis
- Ava Gardner as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
- David Niven as Sir Arthur Robinson
- Flora Robson as Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi
- John Ireland as Sergeant Harry
- Leo Genn as Gen. Jung-Lu
- Harry Andrews as Father de Bearn
- Robert Helpmann as Prince Tuan
- Juzo Itami as Col. Shiba
- Kurt Kasznar as Baron Sergei Ivanoff
- Philippe Leroy as Julliard
- Paul Lukas as Dr. Steinfeldt
- Lynne Sue Moon as Teresa
- Elizabeth Sellars as Lady Sarah Robinson
- Massimo Serato as Menotti Garibaldi
- Jacques Sernas as Maj. Bobrinski
- Jerome Thor as Capt. Andy Marshall
- Geoffrey Bayldon as Smythe
- Joseph Furst as Capt. Hanselman
- Walter Gotell as Capt. Hoffman
- Alfred Lynch as Gerald
- Alfredo Mayo as Spanish Minister
- Martin Miller as Hugo Bergmann
- Jose Nieto as Italian Minister
- Eric Pohlmann as Baron von Meck
- Aram Stephan as Gaumaire
- Robert Urquhart as Capt. Hanley
- R.S.M. Ronald Brittain as Sgt. Britten
- Fernando Sancho as Belgian Minister
- Michael Chow as Chiang
- Nicholas Ray as U.S. Minister
- Yuen Siu Tien (uncredited)
- Burt Kwouk Old Man (voice)
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