Overview
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 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