Lino Ventura as Francis Lagneau

Francis Blanche as Boris Vassiliev

Bernard Blier as Eusebio Cafarelli

Mireille Darc as Amaranthe

Jess Hahn as Commodore O'Brien

André Weber as Rudolphe Rossini

Louis Arbessier as Swiss colonel

Jacques Balutin as Customs officer

Françoise Giret as Mrs. Pauline

Violette Marceau as Lucienne, aka Rosalinde

Anne-Marie Blot as One of Mrs. Pauline's daughters

Yves Elliot as

Jean-Pierre Moutier as Employee of the Colonel

Michel Duplaix as Barbouze with Fiduc

Gérard Darrieu as Agent Fiduc

Luce Bonifassy as

Lutz Gabor as German Colonel

Raoul Saint-Yves as Sleeper employee

Philippe Castelli as Istanbul hotel receptionist

Robert Secq as Constantin Benard Shah

Charles Millot as Hans Müller

Noël Roquevert as Colonel Lanoix

Ham Chau Luong as Chinese on the train (uncredited)

Michel Dacquin as Barbouze of the train (uncredited)

Robert Dalban as Truck driver (uncredited)

Hubert Deschamps as Customs officer (uncredited)

Marius Gaidon as Stabbed spy (uncredited)

Georges Guéret as American in Lisbon (uncredited)

Monique Mélinand as Mrs. Lagneau (uncredited)

Pierre-Jean Vaillard as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)