Bhowani Junction (1956)

Synopsis: Director George Cukor's record with action was far from enviable when he set off for Pakistan to shoot this adaptation of John Masters's novel about inflamed political and romantic passions in the last days of the Raj. Yet, surprisingly, the crowd scenes and the acts of Communist terror are the best parts of this rather turgid melodrama.

Cukor was known as a “woman's director”, but he fails to coax any kind of performance out of Ava Gardner, who was about to divorce then-husband Frank Sinatra and leave Hollywood for the high life in Europe.

Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue.
Runtime: 130 min