The Restless and the Damned
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Director Yves Allegret Duration Language English
French | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 15 October 1959 (France) Based on novel Manganese by Francois Ponthier Writer Joy Cavill, W.P. Lipscomb, Francois Ponthier (novel), Lee Robinson Music director Henri Crolla, Ray Ventura, Andre Hodeir Screenplay Lee Robinson, W. P. Lipscomb, Joy Cavill, Rene Wheeler Cast Andrea Parisy (Dominique Rancourt), Richard Basehart (George Rancourt), Nicole Berger (Claire Rancourt), Edmond OBrien (Mike Buchanan), Denise Vernac (Mme Edwige Rancourt)Similar movies Andrea Parisy appears in The Restless and the Damned and The Cheaters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Restless and the Damned (also known as L'Ambitieuse) is a 1959 French-Australian film co produced by Lee Robinson. It was shot on location in Tahiti and the Tuamotu Islands. There are French and English-language versions.
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Synopsis
In Tahiti, an amibitious woman, Dominique, promotes the fortunes of her husband, George, by extracting money from George's family to finance his operations and seducing a prospective business partner. But when George decides to leave her for another woman, Claire, she tries to kill him.
Cast
Production
The film was shot in late 1958. Originally Lee Robinson was to direct the English-language version but after a few days Yves Allégret directed both.
Rafferty and Robinson contributed ₤40,000 of the film's budget, coming from hire of studio facilities to two films shot in Tahiti and their involvement in several episodes of the US documentary series, High Adventure.
Release
The film was a box office failure and did not achieve cinema release in England, the United States and Australia and ended the feature film partnership of Chips Rafferty and Lee Robinson. It was sold to American TV under the title The Climbers.
References
The Restless and the Damned WikipediaThe Restless and the Damned IMDb The Restless and the Damned themoviedb.org