Donald Sutherland
— Dr. Norman Bethune
Helen Mirren
— Frances Penny Bethune
Helen Shaver
— Mrs. Dowd
Colm Feore
— Chester Rice
James Pax
— Mr. Tung
Guo Da
— Dr. Chan
Anouk Aimée
— Marie-France Coudaire
Ronald Pickup
— Alan Coleman
Geoffrey Chater
— Dr. Archibald
Tan Zong Yao
— General Nieh
Zhang Ke Yaw
— Chairman Mao
Iñaki Aierra
— Dr. Salvador
Li Hai Lang
— Shiao
Yvan Ponton
— Frank Coudaire
Sophie Faucher
— Nurse Mackenzie
Danute Kristo
— Ingrid Halstrom
Béatrice Home
— Mary
Nicholas Kilbertus
— George Pilling
Linda O'Dwyer
— Nursing Sister
Frank Fontaine
— Dr. Williamson
Régent Gauvin
— cobbler
Lorne Brass
— photographer
David Francis
— Pilling Associate
Michael Sinelnikoff
— Conference Doctor
Norris Domingue
— Business Man
Timothy Webber
— Reporter
Xang Xing Junh
— Cook Wu
Wang Chun Yen
— Prisoner's Wife
Liu Yun Chai
— Prisoner
Sang Dexin
— Bellhop