Caravan

"The Great New Lover of the Screen!"

1946 1h 57m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 6

RomanceAdventureDrama

Synopsis

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During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable necklace to Spain. Richard leaves his fiancé, Oriana, and starts the trip. He meets Wycroft, a henchman for Sir Francis Castteldow, an aristocrat out to steal Oriana from Richard. The latter is assaulted, robbed and nearly killed and, as a result, loses his memory. He marries a gypsy girl, Rosal, while Oriana, thinking him dead marries the dastardly Sir Francis. Everybody will meet again. Complications will arise.

“The Great New Lover of the Screen!”

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Cast

Stewart Granger
Richard Darrell
Jean Kent
Rosal
Anne Crawford
Oriana Camperdene
Dennis Price
Sir Francis Castleton
Robert Helpmann
Wycroft
Gerard Heinz
Don Carlos
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Bertha (as Enid Stamp Taylor)
David Horne
Camperdene

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Arthur Crabtree
Writers: Roland Pertwee
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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80 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Arthur Crabtree, shot by Stephen Dade. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Charles Knott shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Stewart Granger and Jean Kent and Anne Crawford carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Great New Lover of the Screen!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0037578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Arthur Crabtree directs. Stephen Dade behind the camera. Charles Knott cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

180 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Arthur Crabtree, shot by Stephen Dade. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Charles Knott shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Stewart Granger and Jean Kent and Anne Crawford carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The Great New Lover of the Screen!".
6IMDB entry: tt0037578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Stephen Dade
Editing: Charles Knott
Costume design: Elizabeth Haffenden
Makeup / hair: W.T. Partleton
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Caravan (1946)

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-07-07
★ 6/10
This is quite an entertaining melodrama than really belongs to the devious, cowardly Dennis Price as dodgy aristocrat "Sir Francis Castleton" who is out to steal the fair maiden "Oriana" (Anne Crawford) from her beau Stewart Granger ("Darrell") who is on a mission to return a valuable necklace to Spain. The plot has plenty going on, twists and turns, robbery, amnesia and betrayal - and luckily a bit of Jean Kent as the mischievous Gypsy "Rosal" who has a sultry quality (but who dances with two left feet). Crawford is fairly sterile as a heroine, the dialogue is a bit on the gloopy side and the staging at times too theatrical for the settings - but it is still an engaging team effort with plenty of comeuppances to be had at the end...

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