During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.

Alan Ladd
as Steve Gibbs

Deborah Kerr
as Joan Willoughby

Charles Boyer
as Primer Minister Singh

Corinne Calvet
as Lizette Damon

Cecil Kellaway
as Dr. Willoughby

Marc Cavell
as Moti Lal

John Abbott
as Nitra Puta

Philip Bourneuf
as Newah Khan

John Williams
as General Sir Henry Harrison

Charles Lung
as Maharajah