In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
Tyrone Power
as Walter of Gurnie
Orson Welles
as Bayan
Cécile Aubry
as Maryam
Jack Hawkins
as Tristram Griffin
Michael Rennie
as King Edward
Finlay Currie
as Alfgar
Herbert Lom
as Anthemus
Mary Clare
as Countess Eleanor of Lessford
Robert Blake
as Mahmoud
Alfonso Bedoya
as Lu Chung
Gibb McLaughlin
as Wilderkin
James Robertson Justice
as Simeon Beautrie
