Elephant Walk 1954 DVD - Elizabeth Taylor / Dana Andrews

After a whirlwind romance in England, Ruth marries John Wiley and returns with him to his tea plantation in Ceylon. She arrives to find a vast house filled with servants and learns she is the only European woman in the area, as the other tea planters are all bachelors. Ruth is troubled by the ongoing veneration of her husband's late father, who is revered by both Europeans and locals. He built Elephant Walk, the plantation house, named for being erected on the path elephants use to reach water. Dick Carver, the plantation manager, has never subscribed to the myth of the great founder, and he and Ruth connect from the start. With her husband frequently absent for work, Ruth and Dick develop feelings for each other. The arrival of a drought and the ensuing cholera epidemic will determine everyone’s fate. Cast: - Elizabeth Taylor as Ruth Wiley - Dana Andrews as Dick Carver, the manager of the plantation - Peter Finch as John Wiley, Ruth's husband - Abraham Sofaer as Appuhamy, handyman of John's father Tom - Noel Drayton as Chief Planter Atkinson - Abner Biberman as Doctor Pereira - Rosalind Ivan as Mrs. Lakin - Edward Ashley-Cooper as Planter Gordon Gregory - Barry Bernard as Planter Strawson - Philip Tonge as Planter John Ralph - Leo Britt as Planter Chisholm - Mylee Haulani as Rayna Runtime: 103 minutes