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A Passage to India*****

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Period drama directed by David Lean. Adela Quested arrives in India to visit Chandrapore city magistrate Ronny Heaslop , a prospective bridegroom. Through liberal schoolteacher Richard Fielding , she and her companion Mrs Moore are introduced to Dr Aziz, a Muslim surgeon.
Anxious to please the two western women, Aziz organises a trip to the famous Marabar Caves. But when Adela and Aziz leave Mrs Moore to explore, events take a tragic turn. Review page 47.
(1984, PG) (S) The reel story behind ..: page 50

Contributors

Directed By:
David Lean.
Unknown:
Ronny Heaslop
Unknown:
Richard Fielding
Adela Quested:
Judy Davis
DrAziz:
Victor Banerjee
Mrs Moore:
Peggy Ashcroft
Richard Fielding:
James Fox
Ronny Heaslop:
Nigel Havers
Professor Godbole:
Alec Guinness
Turton:
Richard Wilson
Mrs Turton:
Antonia Pemberton
McBryde:
Michael Culver
Mahmoud Ali:
Art Malik
Hamidullah:
Saeed Jaffrey
Major Callendar:
Clive Swift
MrsCallendar:
Anne Firibank
Amritrao:
Roshan Seth
Stella:
Sandra Hotz
MrDas:
Rashid Karapiet
Hassen:
H S Krishnamurthy
Selim:
Ishaq Bux
Source: Radio Times

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