| David Niven | | Phile |
| Cantinflas | | Passepartout |
| Finlay Currie | | Andrew Stuart |
| Robert Morley | | Ralph - Bank of England Governor |
| Charles Boyer | | Monsieur Gasse - Thom |
| Robert Newton | | Inspector Fix |
| Gilbert Roland | | Achmed Abdullah |
| Marlene Dietrich | | Barbary Coast Saloon Owner |
| Frank Sinatra | | Barbary Coast Saloon Pianist |
| Fernandel | | French Coachman |
| Evelyn Keyes | | Tart - Paris |
| José Greco | | Flamenco Dancer |
| Luis Miguel Dominguín | | Bullfighter |
| Ronald Squire | | Reform Club Member |
| Basil Sydney | | Reform Club Member |
| Cesar Romero | | Achmed Abdullah's Henchman |
| Alan Mowbray | | British Consul - Suez |
| Trevor Howard | | Denis Fallentin - Reform Club Member |
| Harcourt Williams | | Hinshaw - Reform Club Aged Steward |
| Cedric Hardwicke | | Sir Francis Cromarty - Bombay to Calcutta Train |
| Martine Carol | | Girl in Paris Railroad Station |
| Melville Cooper | | Mr. Talley - Steward R.M.S 'Mongolia' |
| Noël Coward | | Roland Hesketh-Baggott - London Employment Agency Manager |
| Reginald Denny | | Bombay Police Inspector |
| Ronald Colman | | Great Indian Peninsular Railway Official |
| John Gielgud | | Foster - Fogg's Ex-Valet |
| Robert Cabal | | Elephant Driver-Guide |
| Shirley MacLaine | | Princess Aouda |
| Charles Coburn | | Steamship Company Hong Kong Clerk |
| Peter Lorre | | Japanese Steward - S.S. Carnatic |
| George Raft | | Barbary Coast Saloon Bouncer |
| Red Skelton | | Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon |
| John Carradine | | Col. Stamp Proctor - San Francisco Politico |
| Buster Keaton | | Train Conductor - San Francisco to Fort Kearney |
| Tim McCoy | | U.S. Cavalry Colonel |
| Joe E. Brown | | Fort Kearney Station Master |
| Andy Devine | | First Mate of the 'S. S. Henrietta' |
| Edmund Lowe | | Engineer of the 'S. S. Henrietta' |
| Victor McLaglen | | Helmsman of the 'S. S. Henrietta' |
| Jack Oakie | | Captain of the 'S. S. Henrietta' |