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.
Cast
Tyrone Power
Walter of Gurnie
Orson Welles
Bayan
Cécile Aubry
Maryam
Jack Hawkins
Tristram Griffin
Michael Rennie
King Edward
Finlay Currie
Alfgar
Herbert Lom
Anthemus
Mary Clare
Countess Eleanor of Lessford
Robert Blake
Mahmoud
Alfonso Bedoya
Lu Chung
Gibb McLaughlin
Wilderkin
James Robertson Justice
Simeon Beautrie
Laurence Harvey
Edmond
Henry Oscar
Friar Roger Bacon
Peter Sellers
Lu Chung (voice)
Torin Thatcher
Harry
Crew
Henry Hathaway
Director
Talbot Jennings
Screenplay
Thomas B. Costain
Novel
Manuel del Campo
Editor
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Bluey Hill
Assistant Director
Louis D. Lighton
Producer
Michael Whittaker
Costume Design
Buster Ambler
Sound Recordist
W. Percy Day
Special Effects
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Richard Addinsell
Music
William C. Andrews
Art Direction
Paul Sheriff
Art Direction
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