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One man claimed the land. Two men claimed the woman who lived there. - Elephant Walk
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Title: Elephant Walk

Release Date: 21 Apr 1954

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Romance, Adventure, Drama

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.8 (35 votes)

Cast

  • Ruth Wiley: Elizabeth Taylor
  • John Wiley: Peter Finch
  • Dick Carver: Dana Andrews
  • Appuhamy: Abraham Sofaer
  • Dr. Pereira: Abner Biberman
  • Planter Atkinson: Noel Drayton
  • Mrs. Lakin: Rosalind Ivan
  • Planter Strawson: Barry Bernard
  • Planter John Ralph: Philip Tonge
  • Planter Gordon Gregory: Edward Ashley
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