 | Julie Christie als Anne |
 | Greta Scacchi als Olivia Rivers |
 | Shashi Kapoor als The Nawab |
 | Nickolas Grace als Harry Hamilton-Paul |
 | Christopher Cazenove als Douglas Rivers |
 | Zakir Hussain als Inder Lal, Anne's landlord |
 | Julian Glover als Crawford |
 | Susan Fleetwood als Mrs. Crawford |
 | Patrick Godfrey als Dr Saunders |
 | Jennifer Kendal als Mrs. Saunders |
 | Charles McCaughan als Chid |
 | Madhur Jaffrey als Begum Mussarat Jahan |
 | Barry Foster als Major Minnies |
 | Ratna Pathak Shah als Ritu |
 | Tarla Mehta als Inder Lal's Mother |
 | Sajid Khan als Dacoit Chief |
 | Amanda Walker als Lady Mackleworth |
| Praveen Paul als Maji |
 | Jayant Kripalani als Dr Gopal |
| Sudha Chopra als Chief Princess |
 | Daniel Chatto als Party Guest |
 | Ismail Merchant als Indish Guy (uncredited) |
| James Ivory | Director |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Writer |
| Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Novel |
| Humphrey Dixon | Editor |
| Walter Lassally | Director of Photography |
| Richard Robbins | Original Music Composer |
| Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Wilfred Shingleton | Production Design |
| Maurice Fowler | Art Direction |
| Ram Yedekar | Art Direction |
| Barbara Lane | Costume Design |
| Peter Manley | Production Manager |
| Kevan Barker | Assistant Director |
| Ray Beckett | Sound |
| Jane Buck | Continuity |
| Connie Kaiserman | Associate Producer |
| Gordon Kay | Makeup Artist |
| Carol Hemming | Hairstylist |
| Agnes Fernandez | Set Dresser |
| Steve O'Brien | Boom Operator |
| Mary Ellis | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Deepak Nayar | Location Manager |
| Christopher Cormack | Still Photographer |
| Zakiya Powell | Unit Publicist |
| Rita Mangat | Associate Producer |
| Jeffrey Haines | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Mohammed Amir | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Tom Freeman | Props |
| Jayant Paranji | Assistant Property Master |
| Brian Blamey | Sound Editor |
| Mark Potter Jr. | Assistant Editor |
| Tony Bray | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Richard King | Sound Mixer |
| David Nichols | Second Assistant Director |
| Tony Garrett | Assistant Camera |
| Gyanchand Rikki | Grip |
| Rajesh Joshi | Second Assistant Camera |
| Manilal | Gaffer |
| A. Natarajan | Electrician |
| Mulchand Dedhia | Electrician |
| Sheik Juddin | Electrician |
| Janardhan Rumde | Electrician |
| Rambali Mishra | Production Runner |
| Lovleen Bains | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Shama Habibullah | Production Coordinator |
| Jean Walter | Production Secretary |
| Riaz Hafizka | Production Controller |
| J. Rathore | Production Accountant |
| Harry Rabinowitz | Conductor |
| Zakir Hussain | Music Director |
