Movie
Elephant Walk
Overview
Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.
Details
- Release date
- 1954-04-21
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Romance, Adventure, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Ruth Wiley
- Peter Finch as John Wiley
- Dana Andrews as Dick Carver
- Abraham Sofaer as Appuhamy
- Abner Biberman as Dr. Pereira
- Noel Drayton as Planter Atkinson
- Rosalind Ivan as Mrs. Lakin
- Barry Bernard as Planter Strawson
- Philip Tonge as Planter John Ralph
- Edward Ashley as Planter Gordon Gregory
- Leo Britt as Planter Chisholm
- Leslie Sketchley as Planter (uncredited)
Crew
- William Dieterle - Director
- John Lee Mahin - Writer
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