The Ambitious One

7.819591h 29mReleased

Drama

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1959-10-14

Runtime1h 29m

LanguagesFrançais

CountriesFranceItalyAustraliaFrench Polynesia

Cast & Crew

Edmond O'Brien

as Mike Buchanan

Richard Basehart

as George Rancourt

Andréa Parisy

as Dominique Rancourt

Nicole Berger

as Claire Rancourt

Nigel Lovell

as André Rancourt

Reg Lye

as Matthews

Denise Vernac

as Edwige Rancourt

Pierre Brice

as (Uncredited)

Jean Marchat

as Albert Rancourt

Reviews

John Chard

Jul 28, 2015

6.5/10

The Tahiti Cockroaches. It's the story of people who must corrupt and change and flourish and wither. Operating under a number of different titles (the best being The Restless and the Damned), L'ambitieuse was simultaneously filmed both in French and English by director Yves Allégret. It stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andréa Parisy …

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