Bhowani Junction (film)
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by | Sonya Levien Ivan Moffat |
| Based on | Bhowani Junction by John Masters |
| Starring | Ava Gardner Stewart Granger Bill Travers Abraham Sofaer Francis Matthews Lionel Jeffries |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Editing by | George Boemler Frank Clarke |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | May 1, 1956 (United States) |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,637,000[1] |
| Box office | $4,875,000[2] |
Bhowani Junction is a 1956 film adaptation of the 1952 novel Bhowani Junction by John Masters made by MGM. The film was directed by George Cukor and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Sonya Levien and Ivan Moffat.
The film stars Ava Gardner as Victoria Jones, an Anglo-Indian officer in the Indian Army, and Stewart Granger as Colonel Rodney Savage, an Indian Army officer, with Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer, Francis Matthews, Lionel Jeffries and (uncredited)[3] Neelo who went on to become one of the leading ladies of the Pakistan film industry.
The film was shot in England at MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire and on the Longmoor Military Railway,[4] and on location in Lahore, Pakistan.
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[edit] Cast
- Ava Gardner as Victoria Jones
- Stewart Granger as Colonel Rodney Savage
- Bill Travers as Patrick Taylor
- Abraham Sofaer as Surabhai
- Francis Matthews as Ranjit Kasel
- Marne Maitland as Govindaswami
- Peter Illing as Ghan Shyam aka Davay
- Edward Chapman as Thomas Jones
- Freda Jackson as The Sardarni
- Lionel Jeffries as Lieutenant Graham McDaniel
- Alan Tilvern as Ted Dunphy
[edit] Production notes
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In the book Rodney Savage commands a Gurkha Battalion. In the film, however, he commands the famous 1/13 Frontier Force Battalion (Coke's Rifles), which at that time of filming was part of the 7th (Golden Arrow) Division of the Pakistan Army. Also in the movie is the 4th Battalion (Wilde's) 13th Frontier Force Rifles, the band at the Lahore Railway Station with a deer as its mascot, and the troops taking part in the train accident were from the 4/13th. The battalion has a copy of the book and photographs from both Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger, autographed by them.
Another detail is the brief appearance of Neelo as a reporter. Neelo was introduced to Cukor by A. H. Rana, the production manager of the film. This was her first role in a movie; she went on to become one of the biggest ever stars of Pakistani movies. Mr Harvey Woods was the Casting Director of Bhowani Junction and Mr A. H. Rana was his Casting Assistant in Pakistan. Rana co-ordinated all the Lahore Railway scenes and scouted for local talent for the film. There are many photographs of A. H. Rana with all the film's numerous stars as well as with its lengendary Director Mr George Cukor.
[edit] References
- ^ 'The Eddie Mannix Ledger’, Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles
- ^ 'The Eddie Mannix Ledger’, Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles
- ^ Bhowani Junction at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Ronald, D. W.; Carter, R. J. (1974). The Longmoor Military Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 168. ISBN 0-7153-6357-3.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bhowani Junction |
- Bhowani Junction at the Internet Movie Database
- Bhowani Junction at the TCM Movie Database
- Bhowani Junction at AllRovi
- Review of the film
