

104 minutes
10/28/1938
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

Tyrone Power
as Ferdinand de Lesseps

Loretta Young
as Countess Eugenie de Montijo

Annabella
as Toni Pellerin

J. Edward Bromberg
as Prince Said

Joseph Schildkraut
as Vicomte Rene De Latour

Henry Stephenson
as Count Mathieu de Lesseps

Sidney Blackmer
as Marquis Du Brey

Maurice Moscovitch
as Mohammed Ali

Sig Ruman
as Sergeant Pellerin

Nigel Bruce
as Sir Malcolm Cameron

Miles Mander
as Benjamin Disraeli

George Zucco
as Prime Minister

Leon Ames
as Napoleon III - Emperor of France

Rafaela Ottiano
as Maria De Teba

Victor Varconi
as Victor Hugo

Georges Renavent
as Bank President

Frank Reicher
as General Changarnier
Carlos De Valdez
as Count Hatzfeldt
Jacques Lory
as Millet

Albert Conti
as M. Fevrier

Brandon Hurst
as Franz Liszt

Marcelle Corday
as Mme. Paquineau

Odette Myrtil
as Duchess

Egon Brecher
as Doctor

Alphonse Martell
as General St. Arnaud

C. Montague Shaw
as Elderly Man

Leonard Mudie
as Campaign Manager
Carol Adams
as Minor Role (uncredited)
David Cavendish
as Neighbor (uncredited)

Jean De Briac
as Engineer (uncredited)
Jerome de Nuccio
as Wrestler (uncredited)

Robert Graves
as Official (uncredited)
Louis LaBey
as Servant (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen
as Swami (uncredited)

Fred Malatesta
as Jewel Merchant (uncredited)

Christina Montt
as Maid (uncredited)

Alberto Morin
as Achmed (uncredited)
Jean Perry
as Tennis Umpire (uncredited)
Nita Pike
as Julia (uncredited)
George Sorel
as Assistant (uncredited)
Tony Urchel
as Wrestler (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
as Old Engineer (uncredited)
Louis Vincenot
as Jewel Merchant (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff
as Jewl Merchant (uncredited)