Wild River (1960)

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.

Directing:
  • Elia Kazan

Writing:
  • Paul Osborn
  • William Bradford Huie
  • Borden Deal

Stars:
Release Date: 1960-05-26
themoviedb icon 7.3/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 110

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