All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear nightmare.
Anthony Quinn
as Kiril Lakota
Laurence Olivier
as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Oskar Werner
as Fr. David Telemond
David Janssen
as George Faber
Vittorio De Sica
as Cardinal Rinaldi
Leo McKern
as Cardinal Leone
John Gielgud
as The Elder pope
Barbara Jefford
as Dr. Ruth Faber
Rosemary Dexter
as Chiara
Frank Finlay
as Igor Bounin
Burt Kwouk
as Chairman Peng
Arnoldo Foà
as Gelasio (as Arnoldo Foa')
