yul brynner be major surov and a singing and dancing and vodka drinking russian officer station near the austrian hungarian border during the hungarian uprising of 1956 in anatole litvak the journey . though the film have yet to be release on video or dvd and it remain one of brynner most compelling performance . because of the political unrest and a group of traveler can not fly out of budapest but be put on a bus to vienna . before they can reach the border and however and their passport be take and they be detain for question by the russian lead by major surov . the major have reason to suspect that there be a hungarian freedom fighter among the group be smuggle out of the country . indeed lady ashmore be hide a mysterious passenger and paul fleming ( jason robards and jr. ) who pretend to be an american but fool no one . she be help fleming mainly to repay a debt she owe because of the trouble her past association cause him . among the other passenger be a british journalist play by robert morley and an american family play by e. g. marshall and his wife anne jackson and their two child and one of which be the screen debut of little ron howard . major surov take a romantic interest in lady diana ashmore ( deborah kerr ) and and a romance of sort develops between them . she offer him nothing but disdain and a stiff upper lip and however and though we suspect that underneath her heart still beat . the cold war intrigue and the powerful acting carry the story but the romance be never quite convince . it remain and however and one of my favorite yul brynner film and deserves to be see if only for his passionate performance .