"Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator."
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
Rashid Karapiet
as Das
H.S. Krishnamurthy
as Hassan
Ishaq Bux
as Selim
Moti Makan
as Guide
Mohammed Ashiq
as Haq
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)
Vera Mitchell
Hairdresser
Jill Carpenter
Makeup Artist
Robin Browne
Special Effects
Eric Allwright
Elaine Bowerbank
Tarun Tej
Visual Effects
David Lean
Director
E.M. Forster
Novel
Diana Hawkins
Publicist
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Conductor
John Box
Production Design
Leslie Tomkins
Robin Clarke
Music Editor
Ram Yedekar
Art Direction
Nicolas Le Messurier
Sound Recordist
Screenplay
Judy Moorcroft
Costume Design
Cliff Robinson
Editor
Herbert Westbrook
Ernest Day
Director of Photography
Richard Goodwin
Producer
Graham V. Hartstone
John Brabourne
Hugh Scaife
Set Decoration
Richard Graydon
Stunt Coordinator
Priscilla John
Casting
Jim Brennan
Production Manager
Shama Habibullah
Barrie Melrose
Production Supervisor
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Maggie Unsworth
Continuity