Elephant Walk

Elephant Walk

One man claimed the land. Two men claimed the woman who lived there.

NR 1954 · 103 min · ★ 5.9 · Romance, Adventure, Drama

Colonial tea planter John Wiley, visiting England at the end of World War II, weds lovely English rose Ruth 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; and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.

Directed by William Dieterle · Written by John Lee Mahin

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Elizabeth Taylor Ruth Wiley
Peter Finch John Wiley
Dana Andrews Dick Carver
Abraham Sofaer Appuhamy
Abner Biberman Dr. Pereira
Noel Drayton Planter Atkinson
Rosalind Ivan Mrs. Lakin
Barry Bernard Planter Strawson
Philip Tonge Planter John Ralph
Edward Ashley Planter Gordon Gregory
Leo Britt Planter Chisholm
Leslie Sketchley Planter (Uncredited)

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