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.
Top Cast
JU
Judy DavisAdela Quested
VI
Victor BanerjeeDr. Aziz H. Ahmed
PE
Peggy AshcroftMrs. Moore
JA
James FoxRichard Fielding
AL
Alec GuinnessProfessor Godbole
NI
Nigel HaversRonny Heaslop
RI
Richard WilsonMr. Turton
AN
Antonia PembertonMrs. Turton
MI
Michael CulverMajor McBryde
AR
Art MalikMahmoud Ali
SA
Saeed JaffreyHamidullah
CL
Clive SwiftMajor Callendar
AN
Ann FirbankMrs. Callendar
RO
Roshan SethAmritrao
SA
Sandra HotzStella
RA
Rashid KarapietDas
H.
H.S. KrishnamurthyHassan
IS
Ishaq BuxSelim
MO
Moti MakanGuide
MO
Mohammed AshiqHaq
PH
Phyllis BoseMrs. Leslie
SA
Sally KinghornIngenue
PA
Paul AnilClerk of the Court
Z.
Z.H. KhanDr. Panna Lal
AS
Ashok MandannaAnthony
DI
Dina PathakBegum Hamidullah
AD
Adam BlackwoodMr. Hadley
ME
Mellan MitchellIndian Businessman
PE
Peter HughesP & O Manager
YA
Yash AgnihotriCourt Gallery Member (Uncredited)
DU
Duncan PrestonClub Member (Uncredited)
RI
Richard Winter-StanbridgeTrain Passenger (Uncredited)