Lesley-Anne Down as Erica Baron

Frank Langella as Akmed Khazzan

Maurice Ronet as Yvon Mageot

John Gielgud as Abdu-Hamdi

Vic Tablian as Khalifa

Martin Benson as Mohammed

John Rhys-Davies as Stephanos Markoulis

Nadim Sawalha as Gamal

Saeed Jaffrey as Selim

William Hootkins as Don, Tour Guide

James Cossins as Lord Carnarvon

Victoria Tennant as Lady Carnarvon

Tutte Lemkow as Tewfik Hamdi

Behrouz Vossoughi as Menephta, The Royal Architect

Eileen Way as Aida