Elephant Walk
movie
One man claimed the land. Two men claimed the woman who lived there.
Released April 21, 1954
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.
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
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Leo Britt
as
Planter Chisholm
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Leslie Sketchley
as
Planter (uncredited)
Crew
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Irving Asher
as
Producer
William Dieterle
as
Director
Evelyn Finley
as
Stunts
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Francisco Day
as
Assistant Director
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Gene Merritt
as
Sound
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Alvin Ganzer
as
Second Unit Director
Wally Westmore
as
Makeup Supervisor
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Irmin Roberts
as
Second Unit Director of Photography
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John Cope
as
Sound
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Hal Pereira
as
Art Direction
Edith Head
as
Costume Design
Sam Comer
as
Set Decoration