Paul Muni
Role: Benito Pablo Juárez
Bette Davis
Role: Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
Brian Aherne
Role: Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg
Claude Rains
Role: Emperor Louis Napoleon III
John Garfield
Role: General Porfirio Diaz
Donald Crisp
Role: Maréchal Bazaine
Joseph Calleia
Role: Alejandro Uradi
Gale Sondergaard
Role: Empress Eugenie
Gilbert Roland
Role: Colonel Miguel Lopez
Henry O'Neill
Role: General Miguel Miramon
Harry Davenport
Role: Dr. Samuel Basch
Louis Calhern
Role: LeMarc
Walter Kingsford
Role: Prince Richard Metternich
Georgia Caine
Role: Lady in Waiting
Montagu Love
Role: Jose de Montares
John Miljan
Role: Mariano Escobedo
Vladimir Sokoloff
Role: Camilo
Irving Pichel
Role: General Carbajal
Pedro de Cordoba
Role: Riva Palacio
Monte Blue
Role: Lerdo de Tajada
Hugh Sothern
Role: John Bigelow
Mickey Kuhn
Role: Augustin Iturbide
Billy Wilkerson
Role: Tomas Mejia
Martín Garralaga
Role: Negroni
Frank Lackteen
Role: Coachman
Egon Brecher
Role: Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
Gennaro Curci
Role: Señor de Leon (uncredited)
Carlos De Valdez
Role: Tailor (uncredited)
Claudia Dell
Role: Agnes Salm (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Role: Woman (uncredited)
Walter Fenner
Role: Achille Fould (uncredited)
Robert Frazer
Role: (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Role: Marshal Randon (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Role: Soldier with Letter to Maximilian (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
Role: General Regules (uncredited)
Alexander Leftwich
Role: Drouyn de Lhuys (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Role: Señor Salas (uncredited)
Lillian Nicholson
Role: Josefa Iturbide (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Role: Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian (uncredited)
Guy Bates Post
Role: (uncredited)
Pedro Regas
Role: Antonio Regales (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Role: Duc de Morny (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Role: (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Role: Soldier Collecting Signatures (uncredited)
Walter O. Stahl
Role: Senator de Valle (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Role: (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Role: Major Du Pont (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
Role: Mr. Hartman (uncredited)