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A Passage to India (1984)

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David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . .

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
David Lean
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    Adela Quested Judy Davis
  • Profile picture of Victor Banerjee
    Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed Victor Banerjee
  • Profile picture of Peggy Ashcroft
    Mrs. Moore Peggy Ashcroft
  • Profile picture of James Fox
    Richard Fielding James Fox
  • Profile picture of Alec Guinness
    Professor Godbole Alec Guinness
  • Profile picture of Nigel Havers
    Ronny Heaslop Nigel Havers
  • Profile picture of Richard Wilson
    Mr. Turton Richard Wilson
  • Profile picture of Antonia Pemberton
    Mrs. Turton Antonia Pemberton

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