Elephant Walk (1954) on Netflix
Approved19541h 43mAdventureDrama
Planter John Wiley brings his bride Ruth home to Elephant Walk, the Ceylon plantation his father built across the path of a herd of elephants. Ruth is the district's only European woman.
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Plot summary
Colonial tea planter John Wiley meets Ruth in England at the end of World War II and marries her, then takes her to Elephant Walk Bungalow, the Ceylon plantation house his father built. A bull elephant blocks their way to the house, and John drives it off with gunshots. The house stands across an old elephant path to water, and the herd keeps trying to cross. Ruth learns that John still answers to his dead father, whom he calls the governor, and that Appuhamy, the principal servant, serves that memory at the tomb and dislikes her. She is the sole European woman in the district and feels isolated, and John's arrogance unsettles her, while she and plantation manager Dick Carver are drawn to each other.
Cast
- Leslie Sketchleyas Planter (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Elephant Walk (1954)
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- The film was originally meant to star the husband-and-wife team of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, but Olivier was already committed to The Beggar's Opera (1953), so his protege Peter Finch was cast in his place.
- Vivien Leigh was enthusiastic about the role and stayed with the production after Olivier dropped out, but was forced to withdraw shortly after filming began in Colombo, Ceylon because of her bipolar disorder.
