Elephant Walk
“One man claimed the land. Two men claimed the woman who lived there.”
Synopsis
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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Edited by George TomasiniShot by Loyal GriggsScored by Franz Waxman
Also known as
- Elefantenpfadde
- La senda de los elefanteses
- La Piste des éléphantsfr
- La pista degli elefantiit
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Elizabeth Taylor
as Ruth Wiley
Dana Andrews
as Dick Carver
Elizabeth Taylor Nm0000072
as Ruth Wiley
Peter Finch
as John Wiley
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
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