
The Ambitious One
L'Ambitieuse
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.
- Production
- Silver Films, Films Chrysaor, Flora Film, Sud-Pacifique Films, Atel Film
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Yves Allégret
- Writers
- W.P. Lipscomb,Lee Robinson,Joy Cavill
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John Chard
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…







