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Caravans

Caravans

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 2, 1978

Runtime

2h 7m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

User Score

56%

Original Title

Caravans

Production Companies

Ibex Films, FIDCI, Universal Pictures

Director

James Fargo

Description

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.