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.
Director
Henry Hathaway
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)
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