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A Passage to India (1984)

PG12/14/1984Drama, Adventure, History2h 43m
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David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . .

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Judy Davis

    Adela Quested

  2. Cast 1

    Victor Banerjee

    Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed

  3. Cast 1

    Peggy Ashcroft

    Mrs. Moore

  4. Cast 1

    James Fox

    Richard Fielding

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    Alec Guinness

    Professor Godbole

  6. Cast 1

    Nigel Havers

    Ronny Heaslop

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    Richard Wilson

    Mr. Turton

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    Antonia Pemberton

    Mrs. Turton

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    Michael Culver

    Major McBryde

**Although the film does justice to the colorful and rich Indian universe, it is a missed opportunity given the poor script construction.** This film is the last of director David Lean's career, a filmmaker who gave us a series of good films, being “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Doctor Zhivago” the best of all, for me. Here, the filmmaker brings us an adaptation of a novel I've never read, but which must be quite good: set in India during the interwar period, the story begins with the arrival of two Englishwomen, one of whom, Miss Quested, is engaged to a local English judge. Over time, they bef...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$14,500,000.00

Revenue $40,000,000.00

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