form y separately published work icon The Restless and the Damned single work   film/TV   crime   mystery  
Alternative title: The Climbers; L'ambitieuse; The Dispossessed; The Ambitious One
Adaptation of Manganèse François Ponthier , 1956 single work novel
Note: French script-writer René Wheeler is also given a writing credit for the French-language version of the film. In some sources, British script-writer W.P. Lipscomb receives a credit, though he died the year before the film was produced.
Issue Details: First known date: 1959... 1959 The Restless and the Damned
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Film Details - Films Chrysaor ; Atel Films ; Silverfilm , 1959

Producers:

Robert Dorfmann, Chips Rafferty, and Lee Robinson (producers).

Production Companies:

Atel Films [Australian Television Enterprises].
Films Chrysaor (France.
Silver Films (France).

Finance Organisations:

According to Graham Shirley and Brian Adams in Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, ₤40,000 was contributed by Robinson and Rafferty, drawn from hiring out their Tahitian studios and other work.

Director of Photography:

Carl Kayser.

Music:

Henri Crolla.

Cast:

Including Edmond O'Brien (Mike Buchanan), Richard Basehart (George Rancourt), Andréa Parisy (Dominique Rancourt), Nicole Berger (Claire Rancourt), Nigel Lovell (André Rancourt), Reg Lye (Matthews), Jean Marchat (Albert Rancourt), and Denise Vernac (Mme Edwige Rancourt).

Release Dates:

Never secured a cinematic release in the US, the UK, or Australia.
Premiered in Switzerland 28 July 1959 (Locarno Film Festival).
Eventually sold to and aired on American television as The Climbers.

Subjects:
Settings:
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    Tahiti,
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    Society Islands,
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    French Polynesia,
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    South Pacific, Pacific Region,
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