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
