Marlon Brando (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Jean Simmons (Desiree Clary)
Merle Oberon (Empress Josephine)
Michael Rennie (Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte)
Cameron Mitchell (Joseph Bonaparte)
Jack Mather (Sergeant)
George Brand (Servant)
Bert Stevens (Man at Chaumiers)
Kay Kuter (Lacky)
Jack George (Piano Teacher)
Marina Koshetz (Singer)
Richard Van Cleemput (Lucien Bonaparte)
John Hoyt (Talleyrand)
Cameron A. Grant (Montel)
Sven Hugo Borg (Aide)
Harry Carter (Coachman)
Isobel Elsom (Madame Clary)
Alan Napier (Despereaux)
Nicholas Koster (Oscar, Desiree's Son)
Richard Deacon (Etienne)
Edith Evanson (Queen Hedwig)
Carolyn Jones (Mme. Tallien)
Sam Gilman (Fouche)
Larry Craine (Louis Bonaparte)
Judy Lester (Caroline Bonaparte)
Louis Borell (Baron Morner)
Peter Bourne (Count Brahe)
Dorothy Neumann (Queen Sofia)
David Leonard (Barras)
Lester Matthews (Caulaincourt)
Colin Kenny (Gen. Becker)
Leonard George (Pope Pius VII)
Richard Garrick (Count Reynaud)
Violet Rensing (Marie Louise)
Elizabeth Sellars (Julie, Desiree's Sister)
Charlotte Austin (Paulette)
Cathleen Nesbitt (Mme. Bonaparte)
Evelyn Varden (Marie)