
Plot
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.
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Cast

Tyrone Power
Ferdinand de Lesseps

Loretta Young
Countess Eugenie de Montijo

Annabella
Toni Pellerin

J. Edward Bromberg
Prince Said

Joseph Schildkraut
Vicomte Rene De Latour

Henry Stephenson
Count Mathieu de Lesseps

Sidney Blackmer
Marquis Du Brey

Maurice Moscovitch
Mohammed Ali

Sig Ruman
Sergeant Pellerin

Nigel Bruce
Sir Malcolm Cameron

Miles Mander
Benjamin Disraeli

George Zucco
Prime Minister

Leon Ames
Napoleon III - Emperor of France

Rafaela Ottiano
Maria De Teba

Victor Varconi
Victor Hugo

Georges Renavent
Bank President

Frank Reicher
General Changarnier

Carlos De Valdez
Count Hatzfeldt

Jacques Lory
Millet

Albert Conti
M. Fevrier

Brandon Hurst
Franz Liszt

Marcelle Corday
Mme. Paquineau

Odette Myrtil
Duchess

Egon Brecher
Doctor

Alphonse Martell
General St. Arnaud

C. Montague Shaw
Elderly Man

Leonard Mudie
Campaign Manager

Carol Adams
Minor Role (uncredited)

David Cavendish
Neighbor (uncredited)

Jean De Briac
Engineer (uncredited)

Jerome de Nuccio
Wrestler (uncredited)

Robert Graves
Official (uncredited)

Louis LaBey
Servant (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen
Swami (uncredited)

Fred Malatesta
Jewel Merchant (uncredited)

Christina Montt
Maid (uncredited)

Alberto Morin
Achmed (uncredited)

Jean Perry
Tennis Umpire (uncredited)

Nita Pike
Julia (uncredited)

George Sorel
Assistant (uncredited)

Tony Urchel
Wrestler (uncredited)

Jacques Vanaire
Old Engineer (uncredited)

Louis Vincenot
Jewel Merchant (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff
Jewl Merchant (uncredited)