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Wild River

Wild River

The Wild Language... The Wild Hungers... The Wild Furies!

19607.31h 50m

Overview

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.

Directed by Elia Kazan
Written by Paul Osborn, William Bradford Huie, Borden Deal
Produced by Elia Kazan
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Top Cast

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

Chuck Glover

Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Carol Garth Baldwin

Jo Van Fleet

Jo Van Fleet

Ella Garth

Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi

Hank Bailey

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Hamilton Garth

James Westerfield

James Westerfield

Cal Garth

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Jack Roper

Barbara Loden

Barbara Loden

Betty Jackson

Frank Overton

Frank Overton

Walter Clark

Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury

Sy Moore

Themes & Keywords

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About Wild River

Wild River is a drama, romance film released in 1960 exploring themes of based on novel or book, river, flooding, tennessee, dam, 1930s. Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet. 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.

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