The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in the service of faith, greed, and obsession.
Kenneth Haigh
as Sir Richard F. Burton
John Quentin
as John Hanning Speke
Michael Gough
as David Livingstone
André van Gyseghem
as Sir Roderick Murchison
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
as Isabelle Arundell
Seth Adagala
as Bombay
Ian McCulloch
as Captain James Grant
Norman Rossington
as Samuel Baker
Oliver Litondo
as King Mutesa
Catherine Schell
as Florence Baker
James Mason
as Narrator
