Main Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Christopher Lee, Joseph Cotten
Release Year: 1978
Country: IR/US
Run Time: 127 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Behrooz Vosoughi - Nazrullah; Barry Sullivan - Richardson; Jeremy Kemp - Dr. Smythe; Duncan Quinn - Moheb; Behrouz Gueramian - Peasant Boy; Parviz Gharib-Afshar - Nur Mohammad; Fahimeh Amouzandeh - Mira; Khosrow Tabatabai - Dancing Boy; Mohammad Kahnemout - Maftoon; Susan Vaziri - Racha; Mohammad Poursattar - Mullah 1; Hamid Lighvani - Mullah 2; Djamshid Sadri - Mullah 3; Shahnaz Pakravan - Karima; Parviz Shahinkhou; Ahmad Kashani; Firooz Behjat Mohammadi; Ali Zandi; Bozorgmeh Rafia; Mohammad Ali Keshavarz - Shakkur; Behrouz Vossough; Behrouz Gramian
Credit
Peter James - Art Director, Ted Tester - Art Director, Peter Williams - Art Director, Mike Batt - Conductor, Renie Conley - Costume Designer, Anthony Waye - First Assistant Director, Bozorgmeh Rafia - First Assistant Director, James Fargo - Director, Richard Marden - Editor, Mike Batt - Composer (Music Score), Douglas Slocombe - Cinematographer, Elmo Williams - Producer, Karl Baumgartner - Special Effects, John Sullivan - Special Effects, Jack Cooper - Stunts, John Sullivan - Stunts, John Sullivan - Stunts Coordinator, Nancy Voyles Crawford - Screenwriter, Thomas A. McMahon - Screenwriter, Lorraine Williams - Screenwriter, James Michener - Book Author
