
"Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world."
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
Richard Burton

John Hanning Speke

Oliphant

Isabel

Lord Murchison

Lord Oliphant

Edward

Lord Houghton

Mabruki

Dr. Livingstone

William

Lord Russell

Herne

Stroyan

Ben Amir

Sidi Bombay

Jarvis

Mrs. Speke

Mrs. Arundell

Norton Shaw

Mr. Arundell

Lady Houghton

Lord Cowley

Swinburne

Jemadar
Ngola
Veldu
Colonel Rigby

Papworth

Lt. Hesketh

Lt. Allen
Lema
Sorceress
Nubian Servant
Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)

Doctor

Attendant
Lead Actor

1st Reporter
2nd Reporter
3rd Reporter
