Foreign Body

Sep 26, 1986

1h 51m

★ 3.8

In love and medicine, malpractice makes perfect

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Foreign Body Trailers

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Cast

Ram Das

Victor Banerjee

I.Q. Patel

Warren Mitchell

Lady Ammanford

Geraldine McEwan

Prime Minister

Denis Quilley

Susan Partridge

Amanda Donohoe

Norah

Eve Ferret

Miss Furze

Anna Massey

Mr. Plumb

Stratford Johns

Dr Stirry

Trevor Howard

Jo Masters

Jane Laurie

Mr Nahan

Rashid Karapiet

Indian Girl

Sinitta

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