The Restless and the Damned
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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.[4]
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Directed by | Yves Allégret |
Written by | René Wheeler |
Based on | novel Manganese by François Ponthier |
Produced by | Robert Dorfmann Lee Robinson |
Starring | Edmond O'Brien Richard Basehart |
Cinematography | Carl Kayser Henri Persin Louis Stein Giles Bonneau |
Edited by | Albert Jurgenson |
Music by | Henri Crolla André Hodeir Ray Ventura |
Production companies | Silverfilm (France) Australian Television Enterprises (Australia) |
Release dates | 15 October 1959 (France) December 1964 (Canada)[1] |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Languages | English French |
Budget | £600,000[2] |
Box office | 767,540 admissions (France)[3] |
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The film's financial failure marked the end of Robinson's involvement in the film industry in the 1950s. It is also known as The Ambitious One, The Dispossessed and The Climbers.[5]