In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official, the young man flees his village and joins up with a group of outlaws fighting against the wealthy and powerful landowners who control the lives of the locals and make life miserable for them. The outlaws' successes prompt the governor to call in the Turkish army to capture or kill them.
Peter Ustinov
as Abdi Aga
Herbert Lom
as Ali Safa Bey
Denis Quilley
as Rejeb
Michael Elphick
as Jabbar
Simon Dutton
as Memed
Leonie Mellinger
as Hatche
Relja Bašić
as Mad Durdu
Edward Burnham
as Naked Man
Ernest Clark
as Hatche's Father
Rosalie Crutchley
as Mother
Walter Gotell
as Sgt. Asim
Michael Gough
as Kerimoglu
