The real oddity is Robert Helpmann. He does little bits of pantomime as if he's still at Sadler's Wells in one of his great comic dancing roles. It's hard to claim that Caravan is a good film - it doesn't have enough courage for its kitsch convictions. A faster pace overall might have helped, but then we would have had to lose the Brecon Beacons love-nest scenes which are amongst the most lyrical in the film. The film is full of memorable images and has a great, if predictable, climax.
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Alec Guinness is the wheeler-dealer on his way up in this Arnold Bennett comedy. Valerie Hobson , Glynis Johns and Petula Clark are the women he meets on his way. This is just such a charming film. Script adapt . Walter Forde's rather longer one.