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

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

00:05:06 At such short notice, what will people think?

00:09:54 John?

00:13:21 - Come on, darling. You must be tired. - Am I asking too many questions?

00:17:11 I was rather nervous of this meeting, but none of you seem very frightening.

00:19:42 Dick, this is my wife. Dick Carver, Ruth.

00:23:21 Any country's strange... to a stranger.

00:25:42 Didn't John tell you? I'm leaving Elephant Walk.

00:31:23 John?

00:35:38 Only Appuhamy goes to clean once in a while.

00:40:45 I've decided to continue my inspection of the house alone.

00:43:04 Now I have. Thanks, John. Thanks for everything.

00:46:16 I've got a new crop, and the monsoons are due.

00:51:23 The elephants got in here last night and trampled a few hundred young plants.

00:53:54 Have you lost your voice?

00:57:20 - What was she doing in England? - She ran away.

01:01:09 - I'm sorry, darling. - John, it would be so good for you.

01:07:17 old Tom Wiley holding back the elephants.

01:12:13 Appuhamy!

01:14:50 Foolish girl. Foolish and very young.

01:18:25 Mrs. Wiley, we need all the sheets, tablecloths, all the household linen.

01:23:17 - What is it? What can I do? - The burials are piling up.

01:27:16 - If you won't sleep, you must eat. - I thought the rains were coming today.

01:32:17 Will you make some tea and sandwiches now, please?

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 line01:32:17

Production Record

DirectorWilliam Dieterle

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,833