The World in His Arms

A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.

Cast

Gregory Peck

as Captain Jonathan Clark

Ann Blyth

as Countess Marina Selanova

Anthony Quinn

as Portugee

John McIntire

as Deacon Greathouse

Carl Esmond

as Prince Semyon

Sig Ruman

as General Ivan Vorashilov

Andrea King

as Mamie

Eugenie Leontovich

as Anna Selanova

Bill Radovitch

as Ogeechuk

Rhys Williams

as Eben Cleggett

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