Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Roberto Benigni

   Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli

2. 

   Herbert Lom

   Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus

3. 

   Claudia Cardinale

   Maria Gambrelli

4. 

   Shabana Azmi

   Queen

5. 

   Debrah Farentino

   Princess Yasmin

6. 

   Jennifer Edwards

   Yussa

7. 

   Robert Davi

   Hans Zarba

8. 

   Mark Schneider

   Arnon

9. 

   Mike Starr

   Hanif

10. 

    Kenny Spalding

    Garth

11. 

    Anton Rodgers

    Police Chief Charles Lazar

12. 

    Burt Kwouk

    Cato Fong

13. 

    Graham Stark

    Professor Auguste Balls

14. 

    Oliver Cotton

    King Haroak

15. 

    Aharon Ipalé

    Gen. Jaffar

16. 

    Natasha Pavlovich

    Rima

17. 

    Henry Goodman

    Andre (anchorman)

18. 

    Dermot Crowley

    Sergeant Francois Duval

19. 

    Herb Tanney

    Jean Claude (as Sputare Tanney)

20. 

    Liz Smith

    Marta Balls

21. 

    Joe James

    Doctor

22. 

    Selva Rasalingam

    Customs official (as Sylvestre Tobias)

23. 

    Nadim Sawalha

    Lugash agent

24. 

    Jon Paul Morgan

    Col. Al-Durai

25. 

    Andrew Hawkins

    French agent

26. 

    Badi Uzzaman

    Wasim

27. 

    Mozaffar Shafeie

    Omar

28. 

    Arnold Yarrow

    Uncle Idris

29. 

    Harry Audley

    Pilot

30. 

    Jacinta Mulcahy

    Louise Chauvin

31. 

    Steven Crossley

    Reporter

32. 

    Babette Barat

    Female reporter (as Elisabeth Barat)

33. 

    Bill Wallis

    President

34. 

    John H. Francis

    Yacht captain (as John Francis)

35. 

    Simon De Selva

    Co-pilot

36. 

    Ahmed Khalil

    Otter pilot

37. 

    Sheila Hyde

    Wafiyyah

38. 

    Tony Kirwood

    Marcel Langois (scenes deleted)

39. 

    Elizabeth Banks

    Nurse

40. 

    Nicoletta Braschi

    Jacqueline Gambrelli

41. 

    Tony Adams

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

42. 

    Henry Mancini

    Self (uncredited)

43. 

    Bobby McFerrin

    Self (uncredited)