The Planter's Wife (1952) ( Outpost in Malaya ) ( White Blood )

The Planter's Wife (1952) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Outpost in Malaya
Alternate Title: White Blood
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ken Annakin

Written By:
Guy Elmes
S.C. George

Actors:
Claudette Colbert ..... Liz Frazer
Jack Hawkins ..... Jim Frazer
Anthony Steel ..... Hugh Dobson
Ram Gopal ..... Nair
Jeremy Spenser ..... Mat
Tom Macaulay ..... Jack Bushell
Helen Goss ..... Eleanor Bushell
Sonya Hana ..... Ah Mov
Andy Ho ..... Wan Li
Peter Asher ..... Mike Frazer
Yah Ming ..... Ah Siong
Shaym Bahadur ..... Putra
Ng Cheuk Kwong ..... Ho Tang
Bryan Coleman ..... Capt. Dell
Don Sharp ..... Lt. Summers

Synopsis:

The Planter's Wife is a 1952 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin, and starring Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins and Anthony Steel. It is set against the backdrop of the Malayan Emergency and focuses on a rubber planter and his neighbours who are fending off a campaign of sustained attacks by Communist insurgents while also struggling to save their marriage. The film was retitled Outpost in Malaya in the USA. It tells the adventurous story of rubber grower and his wife, whose plantation is destroyed by terrorists in the Malayan Emergency. Despite facing problems from Communist terrorists and his own wife wishing to leave him, the family unites to defend their plantation from an attack at the film's climax. The film's director later made Swiss Family Robinson for Disney. In addition to the end battle, the film also features a fight to the death between a cobra and a mongoose. The movie was originally known as White Blood. Background location footage was shot in Malaya but for safety reasons during the ongoing Emergency, much of the filming was done in Ceylon. The film was the sixth most popular movie of the year at the British box office in 1952.

The marriage of rubber-plantation owner Jim Frazer (Jack Hawkins) and his wife, Liz (Claudette Colbert), which has survived many disasters, including years in a Japanese internment camp, is at a breaking point. Under constant threats of bandit attacks and concerned with the safety of his plantation and the people on it, Jim spares no time for his marriage. Liz is to take their young son, Mike (Peter Asher), home to school in England, and, without telling Jim, does not plan to return. A neighboring plantation is attacked and the owner killed just prior to her departure. Liz and Jim get arms and ammunition from a near-by town, and a night of terror follows as the bandits attack.

It tells the adventurous story of rubber grower Jim Frazer and his wife Liz, whose plantation is destroyed by terrorists in the Malayan Emergency. Despite facing problems from Communist terrorists and his own wife wishing to leave him, the family unites to defend their plantation from an attack at the film's climax.

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