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Wild River (1960)

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A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.

Cast & Crew

Director
Elia Kazan
  • Profile picture of Montgomery Clift
    Chuck Glover Montgomery Clift
  • Profile picture of Lee Remick
    Carol Garth Baldwin Lee Remick
  • Profile picture of Jo Van Fleet
    Ella Garth Jo Van Fleet
  • Profile picture of Albert Salmi
    Hank Bailey Albert Salmi
  • Profile picture of Jay C. Flippen
    Hamilton Garth Jay C. Flippen
  • Profile picture of James Westerfield
    Cal Garth James Westerfield
  • Profile picture of Bruce Dern
    Jack Roper Bruce Dern
  • Profile picture of Barbara Loden
    Betty Jackson Barbara Loden

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • river
  • flooding
  • tennessee
  • dam
  • 1930s
  • land dispute
  • preserved film