Amitabha Roy is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter, driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Unfortunately the movie The Coward is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Art | Bansi Chandragupta | Production Design |
| Production | R.D. Bansal | Producer |
| Directing | Amiya Sanyal | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Atul Chatterjee | Sound |
| Sound | Nripen Paul | Sound |
| Sound | Sujit Sarkar | Sound |
| Directing | Satyajit Ray | Director |
| Writing | Satyajit Ray | Screenplay |
| Sound | Satyajit Ray | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Dulal Dutta | Editor |
| Writing | Premendra Mitra | Short Story |
| Camera | Soumendu Roy | Director of Photography |
