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Caravans
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5.6This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a Colonel in the Shadom - she was his number two wife - and has opted for the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe. When the diplomat locates the girl he joins the caravan and attempts to persuade the girl to return.
Released: 1978-11-02127 minDir: James FargoAction, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Cast
- Anthony Quinn as Zulffiqar
- Jennifer O'Neill as Ellen Jasper
- Michael Sarrazin as Mark Miller
- Christopher Lee as Sardar Khan
- Joseph Cotten as Crandall
- Barry Sullivan as Richardson
Themes
- middle east
- embassy
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 706652
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- publication date
- 1978-11-02
- title
- Caravans
- capital cost
- 14000000
- box office
- 3930501
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adventure film
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1970s adventure drama films1970s Iranian films1970s Persian-language films1978 American films1978 drama films1978 English-language films1978 films1978 multilingual filmsAmerican adventure drama filmsAmerican multilingual filmsEnglish-language adventure drama filmsEnglish-language Iranian filmsFilms directed by James FargoFilms set in 1948Films set in AsiaFilms set in the Middle EastFilms shot in IranIranian adventure filmsIranian-American filmsIranian drama filmsIranian multilingual filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateUniversal Pictures films