Black Narcissus (1947) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell.

Cast

• Deborah Kerr as Sister Clodagh
• Sabu as The Young General
• David Farrar as Mr. Dean
• Flora Robson as Sister Philippa
• Esmond Knight as The Old General
• Jean Simmons as Kanchi
• Kathleen Byron as Sister Ruth
• Jenny Laird as Sister Honey
• Judith Furse as Sister Briony
• May Hallatt as Angu Ayah
• Eddie Whaley Jr. as Joseph Anthony
• Shaun Noble as Con
• Nancy Roberts as Mother Dorothea
• Ley On as Phuba
• Joan Cozier as Girl in Classroom (uncredited)
• Maxwell Foster as Clodagh's Father in Flashback (uncredited)
• Margaret Scudamore as Clodagh's Grandmother in Flashback (uncredited)
• Helen Debroy Summers as Clodagh's Mother in Flashback (uncredited)

Crew

• Jack Cardiff — Director of Photography
• Michael Powell — Writer
• Emeric Pressburger — Writer
• George R. Busby — Producer
• Emeric Pressburger — Director
• Michael Powell — Producer
• Brian Easdale — Original Music Composer
• Michael Powell — Director
• Rumer Godden — Novel
• Emeric Pressburger — Producer

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