Ghazi Al-Takritee
— Dhari al-Mahmood
Youssef El Ani
— Blind Leader
Bernard Archard
— Sir Percy Cox
Oliver Reed
— Colonel Leachman
James Bolam
— A.T. Wilson
John Barron
— General Haldane
Helen Ryan
— Gertrude Bell
Marc Sinden
— Captain Dawson
George Sweeney
Mark Penfold
Helen Cherry
— Lady Cox
Barrie Cookson
— Colonel Hardcastle
Sami Abdul Hameed
— Nationalist Leader
Stephan Chase
— Army Captain
Robert Vowels
Fatima Al-Rubai'y
— Dhari's Wife
Tou'ma Al-Tamimy
— Nationalist Leader
Jaafar Al-Saadi
— Newspaper Editor
Sami Kaftan
— Sulayman
Qasim Al-Malakh
— King Faisal
Karim Awad
Sami Al-Saraj
Bahgat Al Jubouri
Sa'dia Al-Zeidi
— Azawi's Mother
Michael Hordern
— Narrator