Underplayed Gems

Elephant Walk (1954)

Elephant Walk poster
Directed by
William Dieterle
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young bride moves to her husband's tea plantation in Ceylon, where she finds a tense household and a dangerous elephant path passing through the property. She becomes torn between her husband and his charismatic overseer as the animals threaten their home.

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What happens

Elephant Walk is a 1954 American drama film produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by William Dieterle and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch and Abraham Sofaer. It is based upon the 1948 novel Elephant Walk by Robert Standish, the pseudonym of English novelist Digby George Gerahty (1898–1981). Much of the film was shot on location, offering glimpses into the operation of tea plantations and the tea-production process within factories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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