Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he's the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.
Peter McEnery
as Col. Etienne Gerard (Hussars of Conflans)
Claudia Cardinale
as Teresa, Countess of Morales
Eli Wallach
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Jack Hawkins
as Marshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
Mark Burns
as Col. Russell (Coldstream Guards)
Norman Rossington
as Sgt. Papilette (Hussars of Conflans)
John Neville
as Duke of Wellington
Paolo Stoppa
as Santarem, Count of Morales
Ivan Desny
as Gen. Lassalle
Leopoldo Trieste
as Marshal Henri Massena
Aude Loring
as Madeleine
Véronique Vendell
as Young Woman in Hay
