37 votes ~ IMDB
Paramount Pictures
Storyline & Context :
Elephant Walk stands out as one of the most talked-about Romance and Adventure films of 1954. With a strong audience rating of 5.8, it continues toimpressmovieloversworldwide."Onemanclaimedtheland.Twomenclaimedthewomanwholivedthere."—This1954Romance,Adventure,DramaproductionfromParamountPicturesbringsauniqueperspectivetothescreen.ColonialteaplanterJohnWiley(PeterFinch),visitingEnglandattheendofWorldWarII,winsandwedslovelyEnglishroseRuth(DameElizabethTaylor)andtakesherhometoElephantWalk,Ceylon,wherethelocalelephantshaveagrudgeagainsttheplantation.Ruth'sdelightwiththetropicalwealthandluxuryofhernewhomeistemperedbyisolationastheonlywhitewomaninthedistrict;herhusband'soccasionalimperiousarrogance;amutualphysicalattractionwithplantationmanagerDickCarver(DanaAndrews),andthehovering,ominousmenaceofthehostileelephants.FeaturingatalentedcastincludingElizabethTaylor,PeterFinch,DanaAndrews,theprojectdeliversacompellingmovieexperience.
