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.
Directed by William Dieterle
plantation
ceylon
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
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Cast
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
Crew
William Dieterle
Director
John Lee Mahin
Writer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Evelyn Finley
Stunts
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Alex Teichman
6.0★ · 03/19/26
Not having Elizabeth Taylor in the purple dress as a background option is a crime to the highest degree.
Not having Elizabeth Taylor in the purple dress as a background option is a crime to the highest degree.
ConniePRO
4.0★ · 01/28/26
watched this thinking it was The Elephant Walk and it ruined my day
watched this thinking it was The Elephant Walk and it ruined my day