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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain and while there, falls in love with a white woman.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 52
IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for comedies, +11 min on the typical 100
typical 100111Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 28 more
Released
1986
September 26, 1986
40 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
24 of 41
Victor BanerjeeRam Das
Warren MitchellI.Q. Patel
Geraldine McEwanLady Ammanford
Denis QuilleyPrime Minister
Amanda DonohoeSusan Partridge
Eve FerretNorah
Anna MasseyMiss Furze
Stratford JohnsMr. Plumb
Trevor HowardDr Stirry- JLJane LaurieJo Masters
Rashid KarapietMr Nahan
SinittaIndian Girl- MZMarc ZuberMacho Escort
Janet HenfreyLandlady
Ann FirbankMrs Plumb
Timothy BatesonAgent at Harley Street- JGJack GallowayHilary Pike
- AMAngela MorantAntique shop lady
Richard WilsonColonel Partridge
Patrick GodfreySimons
Miles RichardsonBasil
Harriet ThorpeGucci Salesgirl- RERoy EvansNewspaper vendor
- PAPeggy AitchisonLodging house lady
Directing · 2
- Ronald Neame Director
- Callum McDougall Second Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Céline La Frenière Writer
- Roderick Mann Novel
Production · 1
- Colin M. Brewer Producer
Camera · 2
- Ronnie Taylor Director of Photography
- Laurie Ridley Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Andrew Nelson Editor
Sound · 1
- Ken Howard Original Music Composer
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