Caravans (1978)
The Power, the Sweep, the Spectacle of James Michener's Epic Desert Adventure!
127 min
This 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.
- Release date
- November 2, 1978
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Anthony Quinn as Zulffiqar
- Michael Sarrazin as Mark Miller
- Christopher Lee as Sardar Khan
- Jennifer O'Neill as Ellen Jasper
- Joseph Cotten as Crandall
- Behrouz Vossoughi as Nazrullah
- Barry Sullivan as Richardson
- Jeremy Kemp as Dr. Smythe
- Duncan Quinn as Moheb
- Behrouz Gramian as Peasant Boy
Crew
- James Fargo · Director
- James A. Michener · Writer
- Nancy Voyles Crawford · Writer
- Thomas A. McMahon · Writer
- Lorraine Williams · Writer
- Elmo Williams · Producer
- Mike Batt · Composer
- Douglas Slocombe · Cinematographer
- Richard Marden · Editor