| Caravan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arthur Crabtree |
| Written by | Roland Pertwee (writer) Eleanor Smith (original novel) |
| Produced by | Harold Huth |
| Starring | Stewart Granger Jean Kent Anne Crawford Dennis Price Robert Helpmann Gerard Heinz |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dade Cyril J. Knowles (location photography) |
| Edited by | Charles Knott |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd (uncredited) |
Release date | 3 June 1946 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Caravan is a 1946 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree. It was one of the Gainsborough Melodramas and is based on a novel Caravan by Eleanor Smith.
Late 19th-century writer Richard Darrell (Stewart Granger), saves Don Carlos (Gerard Heinz) from two robbers. Don Carlos gives Richard the task of taking a valuable necklace to Spain. Bidding farewell to his fiancée Oriana (Anne Crawford), Richard sets out. On the way he meets Wycroft (Robert Helpmann), who assaults, robs and nearly kills Richard on behalf of his dastardly master Sir Francis Castteldow (Dennis Price), an aristocrat who plans to steal Oriana from Richard.
Oriana thinks Richard is dead and marries Francis, whilst Richard loses his memory as a result of the assault and marries a gypsy girl, Rosal (Jean Kent). However, everyone will meet again...
Jean Kent met her future husband during the making of the movie.[1]
The film was one of the most popular British releases of 1946.[2]