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 |
| Edited by | George Boemler Frank Clarke |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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110 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom Pakistan |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,637,000 |
| Box office | $4,875,000 |
Bhowani Junction is a 1956 film adaptation of the 1954 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 starred Ava Gardner as Victoria Jones, an Anglo-Indian who has been serving in the Indian Army, and Stewart Granger as Colonel Rodney Savage, a (British) Indian Army officer. It also featured Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer, Francis Matthews, Lionel Jeffries and (uncredited)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, on the Longmoor Military Railway, and on location in Lahore, Pakistan.
India, 1947: In the final days of British rule, Victoria Jones, the daughter of an Indian mother and an English train engineer, is serving in the British Army. She returns on leave after four years to her home in Bhowani, where supporters of Mahatma Gandhi are non-violently protesting against British rule and communists, led by a revolutionary known as Davay, foment riot and sabotage.
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