FOLLOWING THE 13TH-CENTURY DEATH OF HIS NOBLEMAN FATHER, WALTER OF GURNIE AND HIS CONFIDANT, TRISTRAM, JOIN A CARAVAN LED BY THE NORTH AFRICAN BAYAN EN ROUTE TO CHINA. ALONG THE WAY, THE BEAUTIFUL MARYAM, KNOWN AS THE BLACK ROSE, BEGS WALTER TO TAKE HER TO ENGLAND WITH HIM. WHEN THE WARLORD BAYAN REVEALS HIS INTENTION TO INVADE AND SUBJUGATE CHINA'S ADVANCED SOCIETY, THE TRIO ATTEMPT THEIR ESCAPE BACK TO ENGLAND. STARRING TYRONE POWER, ORSON WELLES, CECILE AUBRY, MICHAEL RENNIE, JACK HAWKINS, HERBERT LOM, FINLAY CURRIE, JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE, LAURENCE HARVEY.