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Elephant Walk ()

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The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
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Ruth Wiley
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Dick Carver
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John Wiley
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Appuhamy
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Dr. Pereira
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Planter Atkinson
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Mrs. Lakin
Barry Bernard ...
Planter Strawson
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Planter John Ralph
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Planter Gordon Gregory
Leo Britt ...
Planter Chisholm
My Lee Haulani ...
Rayna (as Mylee Haulani)
Madhyma Lanka Nritya Mandala Dancers ...
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Henry Carr ...
Servant (uncredited)
Delmar Costello ...
Native Patient (uncredited)
Eddie Das ...
Servant (uncredited)
Jiva Raj De Alwis ...
Servant (uncredited)
Charles Heard ...
Planter (uncredited)
Maureen Hingert ...
Dancer (uncredited)
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Koru - Servant (uncredited)
Adolfo Ornelas ...
Car Servant (uncredited)
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Foreman (uncredited)
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Norbert (uncredited)
William Benegal Rau ...
Servant (uncredited)
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Servant (uncredited)
Carlos Rivero ...
Tomas - Chauffeur (uncredited)
Reginald Lal Singh ...
Servant (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley ...
Planter (uncredited)
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Servant (uncredited)
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Shop Customer (uncredited)

Directed by

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William Dieterle

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Robert Standish ... (novel)
 
John Lee Mahin ... ()

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Irving Asher ... producer

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Franz Waxman

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Loyal Griggs ... director of photography

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George Tomasini

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Richard Mueller ... color consultant: Technicolor

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J. McMillan Johnson ... (as Joseph McMillan Johnson)
Hal Pereira

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Sam Comer
Grace Gregory

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Edith Head

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor

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Francisco Day ... assistant director
Alvin Ganzer ... second unit director

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Gene Lauritzen ... construction coordinator (uncredited)

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John Cope ... sound
Gene Merritt ... sound
Howard Beals ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
John P. Fulton ... special photographic effects
W. Wallace Kelley ... process photography (as Wallace Kelley)
Paul K. Lerpae ... special photographic effects (as Paul Lerpae)

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Evelyn Finley ... stunts (uncredited)

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Irmin Roberts ... director of photography: second unit
George Pink ... Technicolor technician (uncredited)

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Van Cleave ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Charles Morton ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Ram Gopal ... choreographer
Mel Koontz ... animal trainer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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; by her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; by a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and by the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants. Written by Rod Crawford

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Also Known As
  • La piste des éléphants (France)
  • Elefantenpfad (Germany)
  • La senda de los elefantes (Spain)
  • Het spoor der olifanten (Belgium, Flemish title)
  • No Caminho dos Elefantes (Brazil)
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  • 103 min
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Budget $3,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Vivien Leigh was originally cast as Ruth. Her mental illness began affecting things during filming, and she was replaced by Dame Elizabeth Taylor. Many long shots and shots from behind are still of Leigh. See more »
Goofs During the first bicycle polo scene, there are four drink glasses on the server's tray when John Wiley takes one, followed by another rider who also grabs a glass, leaving just two on the tray. However the very next pass in which a rider goes for a glass the tray is full. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Many Dreams Ago See more »
Quotes Ruth Wiley: Oh, what a beautiful view!
John Wiley: That's the elephant walk where the place got its name. Before the governor built here, the elephants used to come down that track for centuries to get to the water.
Ruth Wiley: They don't still try to come through do they?
John Wiley: Elephants always remember.
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