The Ambitious One

The Ambitious One

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 14, 1959

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

L'ambitieuse

Director

Yves Allégret

Description

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.