Caravan (1946 film)

Caravan
Detail from Italian poster
Directed by	Arthur Crabtree
Produced by	Harold Huth
Written by	Roland Pertwee (writer) Eleanor Smith (original novel)
Starring	Stewart Granger Jean Kent Anne Crawford Dennis Price Robert Helpmann Gerard Heinz
Music by	Bretton Byrd (uncredited)
Cinematography	Stephen Dade Cyril J. Knowles (location photography)
Edited by	Charles Knott
Distributed by	General Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	3 June 1946
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	649,800 admissions (France)

Caravan is a 1946 British black and white drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree. It was one of the Gainsborough melodramas and is based on a novel Caravan by Eleanor Smith.

In the 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...

The film was meant to follow The Magic Bow but that was postponed due to an illness to Phyllis Calvert so Caravan had to be rushed into production.

Jean Kent met her future husband during the making of the movie.

The film was one of the most popular British releases of 1946. According to trade papers, the film was a "notable box office attraction" at British cinemas.

It was the most successful film at the British box office in 1946 after The Wicked Lady, The Bells of St Marys, Piccadilly Incident, The Captive Heart and The Road to Utopia.