Similar to the more recent "white mischief" from 1987, ruth (liz taylor) goes off to an exotic british plantation on another continent, to be with her ambitious husband. But when she arrives, the husband acts badly, and the life is nothing like she imagined. In elephant walk, hubby (peter finch, at 38) is used to staying up late, and misbehaving with his buds. What john knows, but ruth doesn't, is that the elephants are angry that their path to the spring has been blocked by the house. And hubby seems to pay more attention to his friends, his house, even his dead father than he does to his new, young wife. And drama when cholera breaks out... it brings someone back into ruth's life. Excellent performances by taylor, finch, and the house manager, played by abraham sofaer. Big adventure on another far-off, exotic, mysterious continent. Great stuff! Turner classics plays this one pretty often. Fun adventure, british empire-style. The locations show several sri lanka locations... would be interesting to really know how much was filmed there, and how much was filmed back home.
Review of Elephant Walk
