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title: "Black Narcissus: cast and crew"
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cast: 18
crew: 33
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# Black Narcissus (1947): cast and crew

18 cast and 33 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Deborah Kerr](https://film.one/person/deborah-kerr.md) as Sister Clodagh
- [Sabu](https://film.one/person/sabu.md) as The Young General
- [David Farrar](https://film.one/person/david-farrar.md) as Mr. Dean
- [Flora Robson](https://film.one/person/flora-robson.md) as Sister Philippa
- [Esmond Knight](https://film.one/person/esmond-knight.md) as The Old General
- [Jean Simmons](https://film.one/person/jean-simmons.md) as Kanchi
- [Kathleen Byron](https://film.one/person/kathleen-byron.md) as Sister Ruth
- [Jenny Laird](https://film.one/person/jenny-laird.md) as Sister Honey
- [Judith Furse](https://film.one/person/judith-furse.md) as Sister Briony
- [May Hallatt](https://film.one/person/may-hallatt.md) as Angu Ayah
- [Eddie Whaley Jr.](https://film.one/person/eddie-whaley-jr.md) as Joseph Anthony
- [Shaun Noble](https://film.one/person/shaun-noble.md) 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)

## Directing

- [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md): Director
- [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md): Director
- Kenneth Rick: Second Assistant Director
- Laurie Knight: Third Assistant Director
- Sydney Streeter: Assistant Director
- Robert Lynn: Third Assistant Director
- Pat MacDonnell: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md): Writer
- [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md): Writer
- Rumer Godden: Novel

## Production

- [George R. Busby](https://film.one/person/george-r-busby.md): Producer
- [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md): Producer
- [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md): Producer
- Adele Raymond: Casting

## Camera

- [Jack Cardiff](https://film.one/person/jack-cardiff.md): Director of Photography
- Max Rosher: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Reginald Mills](https://film.one/person/reginald-mills.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Brian Easdale](https://film.one/person/brian-easdale.md): Original Music Composer
- Gordon K. McCallum: Sound
- Stanley Lambourne: Sound Designer
- George Paternoster: Boom Operator

## Art

- [Alfred Junge](https://film.one/person/alfred-junge.md): Production Design
- Vishwanatha Nageshkar: Set Designer
- [Elliot Scott](https://film.one/person/elliot-scott.md): Draughtsman

## Costume and make-up

- George Blackler: Makeup Artist
- Biddy Chrystal: Hairstylist
- [Hein Heckroth](https://film.one/person/hein-heckroth.md): Costume Design
- Ernest Gasser: Assistant Makeup Artist
- June Robinson: Assistant Hairstylist

## Crew

- Sydney Pearson: Special Effects
- Jack Higgins: Special Effects
- E. Hague: Special Effects
- James Snow: Special Effects

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