The read
A Balasaur Score of 61 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 60%. Most of the 245 1950s romance movies in this catalog score higher.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
41 audience votes
Key crew
- William DieterleDirector
- John Lee MahinWriter
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elizabeth TaylorRuth Wiley
- Peter FinchJohn Wiley
- Dana AndrewsDick Carver
- Abraham SofaerAppuhamy
- Abner BibermanDr. Pereira
- Noel DraytonPlanter Atkinson
- Rosalind IvanMrs. Lakin
- Barry BernardPlanter Strawson
- Philip TongePlanter John Ralph
- Edward AshleyPlanter Gordon Gregory
- Leo BrittPlanter Chisholm
- Leslie SketchleyPlanter (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
plantationceylon