The plot centres around Phileas Fogg (Pierce Brosnan) making a £30,000 wager with three members of the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He takes with him his newly-employed French valet Passepartout (Eric Idle), and is pursued by Detective Wilbur Fix (Peter Ustinov) who mistakenly thinks Fogg robbed the Bank of England and is using the wager as a cover to escape capture.
Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg
Eric Idle as Jean Passepartout
Julia Nickson as Princess Aouda
Peter Ustinov as Detective Wilbur Fix
Jack Klugman as Capt. Bunsby
Roddy McDowall as McBaines
Darren McGavin as Benjamin Mudge
Robert Morley as Wentworth
Stephen Nichols as Jesse James
Lee Remick as Sarah Bernhardt
Jill St. John as Woman mistaken for Princess Aouda
Robert Wagner as Alfred Bennett
Arielle Dombasle as Lucette
Gabriele Ferzetti as Italian Chief of Police
Henry Gibson as Train Conductor
John Hillerman as Sir Francis Commarty
Rick Jason as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Christopher Lee as Stuart
Patrick Macnee as Ralph Gautier
John Mills as Faversham
Pernell Roberts as Captain Speedy
Cassie Stuart as Madelaine
James Sikking as Jenks
Simon Ward as Flannigan
John Abineri as Father Gruber
Yves Aubert as Gravier
Bill Bailey as Captain Phillips
Peter Birrel as Brindisi Terminal Clerk
John Carlin as Forster
Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Lenoir
Lane Cooper as Kyaukese
Julian Curry as Wilson
Ellis Dale as Bank Clerk
Bruce Troy Davis as Captain Lacey
Edward Dentith as Faversham's Aide
Hugo De Vernier as Louis Pasteur
Gérard Dimiglio as Bonheur First Officer
Roy Evans as 'Shirley Rose' Engineer
Don Ferguson as Bombay Director of Police
Henry Fong as Tung Chih
Michael Gable as Frank James
Maurice Gardette as French Consul
Arne Gordon as Bank Guard
Olivier Hémon as Georges
Colin Higgins as Reporter
Mark Holmes as Major Bryce
George Ip as Tailor
Subhash Joshi as Indian Gentleman
Abraham Lee as Carnatic Steamship Clerk
Michael Lee as Sinji Servant
Lily Leung as Empress
Joseph Long as Italian Squad Leader
Victor Maddern as Liverpool Ticket Agent
Anna Massey as Queen Victoria
Ian McNeice as Batcular
Ajay Mehta as Calcutta Harbor Clerk
Christopher Muncke as Vanderbilt First Officer
Pierre Olaf as Captain Rondicherry
Sai-Kit Yung as Bayfront Hotel Clerk
Arun Pathela as Kiru
John Rapley as Reverend Samuel Smythe
Terrence Scammell as Grimes
Peter Sharman as English Consul Clerk
Eve Schickle as The Harlot
Tommy Tam as Chinese Dockworker
Theodore Thomas as Police Chief
Violetta as Mildred
Ed Wiley as Ffolkestone
Tariq Yunus as Prince Bayinnaung
Victor Langley as Minister (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days is a three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC