"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
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Albert Sidney Fleischman
Novel
Evelyn Finley
Stunts
Screenplay
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Earl Crain Sr.
Sound
Tom Andre
Unit Production Manager
Norman Pringle
Makeup Supervisor
Web Overlander
Robert Fellows
Producer
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Gus Levene
Sam Freedle
Script Supervisor
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director
Alfred Ybarra
Production Design
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
Fred MacDowell
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
William H. Clothier
Director of Photography