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.
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
Leo Britt
Planter Chisholm
Leslie Sketchley
Planter (uncredited)
Crew
William Dieterle
Director
John Lee Mahin
Writer
Robert Standish
Novel
George Tomasini
Editor
Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography
Francisco Day
Assistant Director
Irving Asher
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Alvin Ganzer
Second Unit Director
Irmin Roberts
Second Unit Director of Photography
John Cope
Sound
Gene Merritt
Sound
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Evelyn Finley
Stunts
J. McMillan Johnson
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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