"Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies."
Derek Nimmo
as Lord Southmere
Hugh Burden
as Haines
Bernard Bresslaw
as Fan Choy
Helen Hayes
as Hettie
Joan Sims
as Emily
Deryck Guyler
as Harris
Clive Revill
as Quon
Molly Weir
as Scots Nanny
Max Wall
as Juggler
Natasha Pyne
as Susan
Joss Ackland
as B.J. Spence
Peter Ustinov
as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
Jon Pertwee
as Colonel
Joan Hickson
as Mrs Gibbons
Amanda Barrie
as Mrs BJ Spence
Percy Herbert
as Mr Gibbons
Arthur Howard
as Thumley
John Laurie
as Jock
Max Harris
as Truscott
Andrew Dove
as Lord Castleberry
Frank Williams
as Dr. Freemo
Aimée Delamain
as Millicent
Roy Kinnear
as Superintendent Grubbs
Leonard Trolley
as Inspecter Eppers
Joe Ritchie
as Cabbie
Angus Lennie
as Hamish
Kathleen Byron
as Colonel's Wife
Lucy Griffiths
as Amelia
John Bardon
as Bookmaker
Jane Lapotaire
as Miss Prescott
Richard Pearson
as Sir Geoffrey
Michael Elwyn
as Haycock
Anthony Sharp
as Home Secretary
Wensley Pithey
as Bromley
Peter Madden
as Sanders
Erik Chitty
as Museum Guard
David Forrest
Author
Bill Walsh
Writer
Robert Stevenson
Director
Paul Beeson
Director of Photography
Walter Byatt
Camera Operator
Danny Daniel
Sound Recordist
Peter Boita
Editor
Hugh Scaife
Set Dresser
H. A. R. Thomson
Second Unit Director of Photography
John Stears
Special Effects
Producer
Peter Best
Sound Editor
Dickie Bamber
Assistant Director
Hugh Attwooll
Associate Producer
Cliff Culley
Special Effects Technician
Freddie Williamson
Makeup Artist
Ken Barker
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Designer
Tilly Day
Continuity
George Richardson
Assistant Art Director
Godfrey A. Godar
Michael Stringer
Art Direction
Maude Spector
Casting
Georgiana Hamilton
Anthony Squire
Second Unit Director
John Southwood
Location Manager
Eric Rattray
Production Manager
Betty Glasow
Hairdresser
Gus Walker
Construction Manager
Ron Goodwin
Original Music Composer
Terence A. Clegg