Caravans (1978)
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25% of users liked it
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This big-budget adaptation of James Michener's best-selling novel stars Michael Sarrazin as Mark Miller, a low-level American diplomat given a dangerous assignment. Ellen Jasper (Jennifer O'Neill) is the daughter of a prominent U.S. politician who has married Nazrullah (Behrooz Vosoughi), an… More This big-budget adaptation of James Michener's best-selling novel stars Michael Sarrazin as Mark Miller, a low-level American diplomat given a dangerous assignment. Ellen Jasper (Jennifer O'Neill) is the daughter of a prominent U.S. politician who has married Nazrullah (Behrooz Vosoughi), an Iranian colonel. However, she's fallen in love with Zulfigar (Anthony Quinn), a Bedouin rebel leader, and has run off with him. Miller is instructed to find Ellen and bring her back to the United States, and while he's able to complete the first part of his assignment, Ellen simply refuses to leave Zulfigar's side. Caravans was a co-production between American and Iranian firms, but it had the misfortune of being released just as relations between the two nations began to sour, which did nothing to help the film at the box office. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Fargo
- Genres
- Classics, Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1978 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 22, 2004
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Based on Mitchner's best seller, this mediocre Iranian-American political adventure suffered from the contex in which it was released.
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Cast
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Anthony Quinn
as Zulfigar
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Michael Sarrazin
as Mark Miller
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Jennifer O'Neill
as Ellen Jasper
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Christopher Lee
as Sardar Khan
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Joseph Cotten
as Crandall
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Behrooz Vosoughi
as Nazrullah
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Barry Sullivan
as Richardson
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Jeremy Kemp
as Dr. Smythe
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Duncan Quinn
as Moheb
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Behrouz Gueramian
as Peasant Boy
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Parviz Gharib-Afshar
as Nur Mohammad
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Fahimeh Amouzandeh
as Mira
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Khosrow Tabatabai
as Dancing Boy
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Mohammad Kahnemout
as Maftoon
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Susan Vaziri
as Racha
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Mohammad Poursattar
as Mullah 1
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Hamid Lighvani
as Mullah 2
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Djamshid Sadri
as Mullah 3
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Shahnaz Pakravan
as Karima
- Parviz Shahinkhou
- Ahmad Kashani
- Firooz Behjat Mohammadi
- Ali Zandi
- Bozorgmeh Rafia
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Mohammad Ali Keshavarz
as Shakkur
- Behrouz Vossough
- Behrouz Gramian
- Behrooz Gueramian
- Behrouz Vossoughi
- Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
