The Ambitious One

Name: The Ambitious One
Director: Yves Allégret
Genre: Drama
Released: 1959-10-14
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 7.75
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andréa Parisy, Nicole Berger, Nigel Lovell

1959

1h 29m

Drama

Director: Yves Allégret

Writers: W.P. Lipscomb, Lee Robinson

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.