Elephant Walk

Name: Elephant Walk
Director: William Dieterle
Released: 1954
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch, Abraham Sofaer, Abner Biberman

1954 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 2,833 VOTES · DIR. William Dieterle

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 944 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:04 "and she was preparing to close her little shop in Shillingworth-on-Thames. "

00:05:09 I don't care what people think. I just know I love him.

00:10:04 The trouble is, you have to get government permission.

00:13:33 Master, Mr. Carver requests your presence in the factory.

00:17:22 These blighters married? Hardly. Look at them.

00:20:02 We've already done that, but we can do it again.

00:23:40 They warned me you were unsociable. Are you really?

00:26:05 I wish you luck, Mr. Carver, although I am sorry you're going.

00:32:12 Appuhamy.

00:37:08 The estate is remote, mistress.

00:41:22 Ruth, where are you?

00:43:37 Dick!

00:47:02 Tom Wiley threw his water carafe at me once when I said he had a temperature.

00:52:11 - Patrols were on the job, John. - What were they doing?

00:55:21 These are fake. I keep the real ones in a vault.

00:59:53 Sit with me for a minute.

01:03:25 - Drink? - No, thanks.

01:10:23 Ruth?

01:13:43 - I asked them to leave. - Why?

01:16:38 Tom Wiley's won.

01:21:09 Yes. They're looking for water, too.

01:25:50 I don't blame him. I don't blame any of them.

01:29:59 We'll see you in an hour or so.

01:42:11 Ruth, we'll build a new place, a home somewhere else.

Cast & Characters

Elizabeth Taylor Ruth Wiley Dana Andrews Dick Carver Peter Finch John Wiley 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

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed944

Dialogue density9.2 lines / min

First line00:02:04

Final line01:42:11

Production Record

DirectorWilliam Dieterle

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,833