"An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer."
John Wayne
as Capt. Tom Wilder
Lauren Bacall
as Cathy Grainger
Paul Fix
as Mr. Tso
Joy Kim
as Susu
Berry Kroeger
as Old Feng
Mike Mazurki
as Big Han
Anita Ekberg
as Wei Ling
Lowell Gilmore
as British Officer
James Hong
as Communist Soldier
Henry Nakamura
as Tack - Engineer
Victor Sen Yung
as Cpl. Wang
William A. Wellman
Director
Albert Sidney Fleischman
Novel
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Evelyn Finley
Stunts
Screenplay
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Tom Andre
Unit Production Manager
Sam Freedle
Script Supervisor
Norman Pringle
Makeup Supervisor
Web Overlander
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Earl Crain Sr.
Sound
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Gus Levene
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Robert Fellows
Producer
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director
William H. Clothier
Director of Photography
Fred MacDowell
Alfred Ybarra
Production Design
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design