A Passage to India

A Passage to India

163 mins | Drama, Adventure, History | Dec. 14, 1984

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

A Passage to India

163 mins | Drama, Adventure, History | Dec. 14, 1984

A Passage to India
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers EMI Films, HBO, Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Original title A Passage to India
Directors David Lean
Writers Santha Rama Rau, E.M. Forster, David Lean

Cast

Judy Davis

as Adela Quested

Victor Banerjee

as Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed

Peggy Ashcroft

as Mrs. Moore

James Fox

as Richard Fielding

Alec Guinness

as Professor Godbole

Nigel Havers

as Ronny Heaslop

Richard Wilson

as Mr. Turton

Antonia Pemberton

as Mrs. Turton

Michael Culver

as Major McBryde

Art Malik

as Mahmoud Ali

Saeed Jaffrey

as Hamidullah

Clive Swift

as Major Callendar

Ann Firbank

as Mrs. Callendar

Roshan Seth

as Amritrao

Sandra Hotz

as Stella

H.S. Krishnamurthy

as Hassan

Ishaq Bux

as Selim

Moti Makan

as Guide

Phyllis Bose

as Mrs. Leslie

Sally Kinghorn

as Ingenue

Paul Anil

as Clerk of the Court

Z.H. Khan

as Dr. Panna Lal

Ashok Mandanna

as Anthony

Dina Pathak

as Begum Hamidullah

Adam Blackwood

as Mr. Hadley

Mellan Mitchell

as Indian Businessman

Peter Hughes

as P & O Manager

Yash Agnihotri

as Court Gallery Member (Uncredited)

Duncan Preston

as Club Member (Uncredited)

Richard Winter-Stanbridge

as Train Passenger (Uncredited)