Caravan to Vaccarès (film)

Caravan to Vaccarès
Original cinema poster
Directed by	Geoffrey Reeve
Produced by	George Davis, John McNab, Richard Morris-Adams, Geoffrey Reeve
Written by	Alistair MacLean (novel) Paul Wheeler (screenplay) Joseph Forest (adaptation)
Starring	David Birney, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale
Music by	Stanley Meyers
Cinematography	Fred Tammes
Edited by	Robert Morgan
Distributed by	Rank Film Distributors Ltd (UK) 20th Century Fox (USA)
Release dates	August 8, 1974
Running time	98 minutes (theatrical release)
Language	English

Caravan to Vaccarès is a 1974 British-French action film directed by Geoffrey Reeve and starring David Birney, Charlotte Rampling and Michael Lonsdale.^[1] It was loosely based on a novel by Alistair MacLean.

Plot introduction

A wandering young American adventurer (David Birney) meets a pretty young British photographer (Charlotte Rampling) when she hitches a ride. By chance, they are hired by a French duke (Michel Lonsdale) to smuggle a Hungarian scientist (Michael Bryan) out of France to the United States. The scientist escaped the Iron Curtain by hiding with a caravan of gypsies, but is being pursued by an unscrupulous gang bent on capturing him for sale to the highest bidder.

Cast

David Birney - Bowman
Charlotte Rampling - Lila
Michael Lonsdale - Duc de Croyter
Marcel Bozzuffi - Czerda
Michael Bryant - Zuger
Serge Marquand - Ferenc
Marianne Eggerickx - Cecile
Françoise Brion - Stella
Vania Vilers - Vania
Manitas De Plata - Ricardo
Jean-Pierre Cargol - Jules
Jean-Pierre Castaldi - Pierre
Jean Michaux - Waiter
Alan Scott - Receptionist
Jean-Yves Gautier - Gendarme
Graham Hill - helicopter pilot

References

↑ "Caravan to Vaccarès". British Film Institute. London. Retrieved November 10, 2012.

External links

Works by Alistair MacLean

Novels	HMS Ulysses (1955) The Guns of Navarone (1957) South by Java Head (1957) The Last Frontier (1959) Night Without End (1959) Fear Is the Key (1961) The Dark Crusader (1961) The Golden Rendezvous (1962) The Satan Bug (1962) Ice Station Zebra (1963) When Eight Bells Toll (1966) Where Eagles Dare (1967) Force 10 From Navarone (1968) Puppet on a Chain (1969) Caravan to Vaccarès (1970) Bear Island (1971) The Way to Dusty Death (1973) Breakheart Pass (1974) Circus (1975) The Golden Gate (1976) Seawitch (1977) Goodbye California (1978) Athabasca (1980) River of Death (1981) Partisans (1982) Floodgate (1983) San Andreas (1984) Santorini (1986)

Adaptations	The Guns of Navarone (1961) The Secret Ways (1961) The Satan Bug (1965) Ice Station Zebra (1968) Where Eagles Dare (1968) When Eight Bells Toll (1971) Puppet on a Chain (1971) Fear Is the Key (1972) Caravan to Vaccarès (1974) Breakheart Pass (1976) Golden Rendezvous (1977) Force 10 from Navarone (1978) Bear Island (1979) The Hostage Tower (1980) (TV) River of Death (1989) Death Train (1993) (TV) Night Watch (1995) (TV) The Way to Dusty Death (1995) (TV)