The Ambitious One

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The Ambitious One (1959)

10/14/1959 (FR) Drama 1h 29m

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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.

Yves Allégret

Director
François Ponthier

Novel
Joy Cavill

Writer
W.P. Lipscomb

Writer
Lee Robinson

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Edmond O'Brien

Mike Buchanan
Richard Basehart

George Rancourt
Andréa Parisy

Dominique Rancourt
Nicole Berger

Claire Rancourt
Nigel Lovell

André Rancourt
Reg Lye

Matthews
Denise Vernac

Edwige Rancourt
Pierre Brice

(Uncredited)
Jean Marchat

Albert Rancourt
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A review by John Chard

65%

Written by John Chard on July 28, 2015

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 and Nicole Berger.

Set and filmed in Tahiti, L'ambitieuse is a film that tries the patience at first. The set up is all about greed and infidelity, where Parisy will do anything to achieve wealth, much to the chagrin of her ever unhappy husband (B... read the rest.

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Original Title L'ambitieuse

Status Released

Original Language French

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