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Elephant Walk (1954)

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.

  • Romance
  • Adventure
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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth TaylorRuth Wiley
  • Photo of Peter FinchPeter FinchJohn Wiley
  • Photo of Dana AndrewsDana AndrewsDick Carver
  • Photo of Abraham SofaerAbraham SofaerAppuhamy
  • Photo of Abner BibermanAbner BibermanDr. Pereira
  • Photo of Noel DraytonNoel DraytonPlanter Atkinson
  • Photo of Rosalind IvanRosalind IvanMrs. Lakin
  • Photo of Barry BernardBarry BernardPlanter Strawson
  • Photo of Philip TongePhilip TongePlanter John Ralph
  • Photo of Edward AshleyEdward AshleyPlanter Gordon Gregory

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