The Ambitious One

Overview

This Yves Allegret film is set in French Polynesia and stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andrea Parisy, Nicole Berger and Reg Lye. Basehart is the black sheep of a wealthy family of mining financiers based in France. He dumps the family life style and heads to Tahiti to make it on his own. His wife, Andrea Parisy, is less than amused with Basehart's choice.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 14, 1959

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Production

Silver Films,Sud-Pacifique Films,Flora Film,Films Chrysaor,Atel Film

Cast

Denise Vernac,Edmond O'Brien,Richard Basehart,Jean Marchat,Pierre Brice,Andréa Parisy,Reg Lye,Nicole Berger,Nigel Lovell

Director

Yves Allégret

Writer

Lee Robinson,Joy Cavill,François Ponthier,W.P. Lipscomb

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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