What is Dark of the Sun / Bhowani Junction about?

Name: Dark of the Sun / Bhowani Junction
Genre: Action/Adventure,Drama

DARK OF THE SUN, 1968, Warner Bros., 100 min. Dir. Jack Cardiff. Mercenaries Rod Taylor and Jim Brown, hired to recover diamonds from a rebel-threatened jungle town, commandeer a train towards their goal, but must also be on guard against ex-Nazi Peter Carsten. The movie poster showcased a chainsaw-wielding Aryan threatening a bare-chested Taylor with explosions in the background. With Yvette Mimieux. BHOWANI JUNCTION, 1956, Warner Bros., 110 min. Director George Cukor shot this post-WWII adventure in Pakistan (standing in for India). Colonel Stewart Granger, working for the transition from British to Indian rule, is beset by terrorists as well as non-violent demonstrators. Anglo-Indian Ava Gardner is caught in the middle. Granger and Gardner’s quarrelling soon turns to love, but they find themselves helpless pawns amidst the larger struggle.

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What is Dark of the Sun / Bhowani Junction about?: DARK OF THE SUN, 1968, Warner Bros., 100 min. Dir. Jack Cardiff. Mercenaries Rod Taylor and Jim Brown, hired to recover diamonds from a rebel-threatened jungle town, commandeer a train towards their goal, but must also be on guard against ex-Nazi Peter Carsten. The movie poster showcased a chainsaw-wielding Aryan threatening a bare-chested Taylor with explosions in the background. With Yvette Mimieux.

BHOWANI JUNCTION, 1956, Warner Bros., 110 min. Director George Cukor shot this post-WWII adventure in Pakistan (standing in for India). Colonel Stewart Granger, working for the transition from British to Indian rule, is beset by terrorists as well as non-violent demonstrators. Anglo-Indian Ava Gardner is caught in the middle. Granger and Gardner’s quarrelling soon turns to love, but they find themselves helpless pawns amidst the larger struggle.