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Bhowani Junction (1956)

Bhowani Junction poster
Directed by
George Cukor
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Anglo-Indian woman who served in the Indian Army gets caught between her British lover and an Indian revolutionary. The story follows her personal struggles during the final years of British rule in India.

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What happens

Bhowani Junction is a 1956 British adventure drama film based on 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. The film stars 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 features Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer, Francis Matthews, and Lionel Jeffries. The film was shot in England at MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, on the Longmoor Military Railway, and on location in Lahore, Pakistan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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