A Passage to India

6.8

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.

Discover

Judy Davis

Adela Quested

Victor Banerjee

Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed

Peggy Ashcroft

Mrs. Moore

James Fox

Richard Fielding

Alec Guinness

Professor Godbole

Nigel Havers

Ronny Heaslop

Richard Wilson

Mr. Turton

Antonia Pemberton

Mrs. Turton

Michael Culver

Major McBryde

Art Malik

Mahmoud Ali

Saeed Jaffrey

Hamidullah

Clive Swift

Major Callendar

Ann Firbank

Mrs. Callendar

Roshan Seth

Amritrao

Sandra Hotz

Stella

Ishaq Bux

Selim

Phyllis Bose

Mrs. Leslie

Paul Anil

Clerk of the Court

Z.H. Khan

Dr. Panna Lal

Dina Pathak

Begum Hamidullah

Adam Blackwood

Mr. Hadley

Mellan Mitchell

Indian Businessman

Peter Hughes

P & O Manager

Yash Agnihotri

Court Gallery Member (Uncredited)

Duncan Preston

Club Member (Uncredited)

Richard Winter-Stanbridge

Train Passenger (Uncredited)

Art

Leslie Tomkins

Production Design

John Box

Production Design

Herbert Westbrook

Art Direction

Cliff Robinson

Art Direction

Hugh Scaife

Set Decoration

Leslie Tomkins

Art Direction

Ram Yedekar

Art Direction

Camera

Ernest Day

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Vera Mitchell

Hairdresser

Jill Carpenter

Makeup Artist

Eric Allwright

Makeup Artist

Elaine Bowerbank

Hairdresser

Judy Moorcroft

Costume Design

Crew

Robin Browne

Special Effects

Richard Graydon

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

David Lean

Director

Editing

David Lean

Editor

Production

Diana Hawkins

Publicist

John Brabourne

Producer

Sound

Maurice Jarre

Conductor

Maurice Jarre

Original Music Composer

Robin Clarke

Music Editor

Graham V. Hartstone

Sound Recordist

Nicolas Le Messurier

Sound Recordist

Writing

David Lean

Screenplay

Art

Leslie Tomkins

Production Design

John Box

Production Design

Herbert Westbrook

Art Direction

Cliff Robinson

Art Direction

Hugh Scaife

Set Decoration

Leslie Tomkins

Art Direction

Ram Yedekar

Art Direction

Camera

Ernest Day

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Vera Mitchell

Hairdresser

Jill Carpenter

Makeup Artist

Eric Allwright

Makeup Artist

Elaine Bowerbank

Hairdresser

Judy Moorcroft

Costume Design

Crew

Robin Browne

Special Effects

Richard Graydon

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

David Lean

Director

Editing

David Lean

Editor

Production

Diana Hawkins

Publicist

John Brabourne

Producer

Sound

Maurice Jarre

Conductor

Maurice Jarre

Original Music Composer

Robin Clarke

Music Editor

Graham V. Hartstone

Sound Recordist

Nicolas Le Messurier

Sound Recordist

Writing

David Lean

Screenplay