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Bhowani Junction is a 1956 British adventure drama film of the 1954 novel Bhowani Junction by John Masters. The film was directed by George Cukor and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Sonya Levien and Ivan Moffat.
Bhowani Junction is a 1954 novel by British novelist John Masters, which was the basis of a 1956 film starring Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger. It is set amidst the turbulence of the British withdrawal from India.
Bhowani Junction: Directed by George Cukor. With Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer. Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
The movie runs 1 hour, 50 minutes, and was shot in Lahore, Pakistan, which is just across the border from northwestern India; the train wreck sequence was done 35 miles outside London to the southwest; another sequence was shot at Tram Tunnel, Kingsway, London, while studio stuff was done at the MGM British Studios just north of the city.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- George Cukor
- 1956-05-01
Bhowani Junction was filmed in Lahore, Pakistan, because the Indian government was demanding script approval and high tax payments. Conditions in Pakistan for the crew were brutal, with high heat, humidity, and dysentery.
- George Cukor, Andrew Marton, James Ware
- Ava Gardner
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
Colonel Rodney Savage arrives in Bhowani Junction with his troops, intent on keeping the peace. While most Indians support Ghandi's non-violent approach, communist agitators led by someone known only as Davay are prepared to use violence to meet their objectives.
