 The film starred Robert Stack in the title role, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Macdonald Carey, Jean-Pierre Aumont, David Farrar, Peter Cushing, Basil Sydney, Thomas Gomez and the director's daughter and son Mia Farrow and John Charles Farrow in their film debuts.Bette Davis made a cameo appearance as Empress Catherine the Great.The film begins with a United States Navy officer telling sailors the story of John Paul Jones.