Lino Ventura character Francis Lagneau
Francis Blanche character Boris Vassiliev
Bernard Blier character Eusebio Cafarelli
Mireille Darc character Amaranthe
Jess Hahn character Commodore O'Brien
André Weber character Rudolphe Rossini
Louis Arbessier character Swiss colonel
Jacques Balutin character Customs officer
Françoise Giret character Mrs. Pauline
Violette Marceau character Lucienne, aka Rosalinde
Anne-Marie Blot character One of Mrs. Pauline's daughters
Jean-Pierre Moutier character Employee of the Colonel
Michel Duplaix character Barbouze with Fiduc
Gérard Darrieu character Agent Fiduc
Lutz Gabor character German Colonel
Raoul Saint-Yves character Sleeper employee
Philippe Castelli character Istanbul hotel receptionist
Robert Secq character Constantin Benard Shah
Charles Millot character Hans Müller
Noël Roquevert character Colonel Lanoix
Ham-Chau Luong character Chinese on the train (uncredited)
Michel Dacquin character Barbouze of the train (uncredited)
Robert Dalban character Truck driver (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps character Customs officer (uncredited)
Marius Gaidon character Stabbed spy (uncredited)
Georges Guéret character American in Lisbon (uncredited)
Monique Mélinand character Mrs. Lagneau (uncredited)
Pierre-Jean Vaillard character Narrator (voice) (uncredited)