Wild River
Wild River
Wild River
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1960
1h 50m
7.2(99 votes)
Drama
Romance

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.

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Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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1 video

Cast & Crew

11 members
Acting

Montgomery Clift

Chuck Glover

Montgomery Clift
Acting

Lee Remick

Carol Garth Baldwin

Lee Remick
Acting

Jo Van Fleet

Ella Garth

Jo Van Fleet
Acting

Albert Salmi

Hank Bailey

Albert Salmi
Acting

Jay C. Flippen

Hamilton Garth

Jay C. Flippen
Acting

James Westerfield

Cal Garth

James Westerfield
Acting

Bruce Dern

Jack Roper

Bruce Dern
Acting

Barbara Loden

Betty Jackson

Barbara Loden
Acting

Frank Overton

Walter Clark

Frank Overton
Acting

Malcolm Atterbury

Sy Moore

Malcolm Atterbury
Acting

Robert Earl Jones

Sam Johnson (uncredited)

Robert Earl Jones

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