The Ambitious One

Original title: L'Ambitieuse

Duration: 89 min

Release date: 1959-10-14

IMDB

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.

Drama

L'Ambitieuse

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as Mike Buchanan

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

as George Rancourt

as Dominique Rancourt

as Claire Rancourt

as André Rancourt

as Edwige Rancourt

as (Uncredited)

as Albert Rancourt

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François Ponthier

François Ponthier

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