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  Marlon Brando

  Napoleon Bonaparte
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  Jean Simmons

  Desiree Clary
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  Bess Flowers

  Lady of the Court Holding Baby
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  Jack George

  Piano Teacher
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  Marina Koshetz

  Singer
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  Cathleen Nesbitt

  Mme. Bonaparte
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  Colin Kenny

  Gen. Becker
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  Elizabeth Sellars

  Julie, Desiree's sister

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  Mary Stewart
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  Edith Evanson

  Queen Hedwig
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  Michael Rennie (I)

  Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
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  Merle Oberon

  Empress Josephine
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  Alan Napier

  Despreaux
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  John Hoyt

  Talleyrand
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  Lester Matthews

  Caulaincourt

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  Bert Stevens

  Man at Chaumiers
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  Evelyn Varden

  Marie
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  Isobel Elsom

  Mme. Clary, Desiree's mother
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  Carolyn Jones

  Mme. Tallien
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  Chief Leonard George

  Pope Pius VII
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  Richard Garrick

  Count Regnaud
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  Sam Gilman

  Fouche
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  Kenner G. Kemp

  Josephine's Escort
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  Harry Carter

  Coachman
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  Richard Deacon

  Etienne Clary
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  Cameron Mitchell

  Joseph Bonaparte