Cirrus

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Film Details - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1957

Producers:

Andrew Osborn.

Production Companies:

Britihs Broadcasting Corporation.

Production Designers:

John Cooper.

Cast:

John Robinson (Sandy Robinson), Peter Bryant (George Rankin), Robert Chetwyn (Captain Price), Alan Penn (Lieutenant Snead), George A. Cooper (Inspector Robbit), Ruth Gower (Peggy Robinson), June Rodney ('Nellie' Saraswati), Peter Wyngarde (Dr Bannerji), Frank Olegario (Police Corporal), Iqbal Qureshi (Indian Policeman), Olaf Pooley (Mirza), Jeremy Burnham (Johnny), Ishaq Bux (Achmed), Paul Hardtmuth (Dr Khan Mohammed), Susan Maryott (Cathy Rankin), and Cyril Shaps (Chundra Lal).

Release Dates:

Broadcast on BBC Television on 17 November 1957, from 8pm.

Location:

Set in the District of Dalpore, India, in 1947.

Subjects:

Settings:

c
India,
c
South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
1947

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