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)

Barrie Holland as Train Passenger (uncredited)