A Passage to India
The film is set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj. It begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested (Judy Davis), who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers). She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft), befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed (Victor Banerjee).
Drama, Adventure, History
Columbia Pictures, EMI Films Ltd., Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, Home Box Office
Judy Davis as Adela Quested, Alec Guinness as Prof. Godbole, Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs. Moore, James Fox as Richard Fielding, Victor Banerjee as Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed, Nigel Havers as Ronny Heaslop, Michael Culver as Maj. McBryde