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Wild River (1960)

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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Elia Kazan

Director

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Paul Osborn

Screenplay

Cast

Montgomery Clift profile
Montgomery Clift

Chuck Glover

Lee Remick profile
Lee Remick

Carol Garth Baldwin

Jo Van Fleet profile
Jo Van Fleet

Ella Garth

Albert Salmi profile
Albert Salmi

Hank Bailey

Jay C. Flippen profile
Jay C. Flippen

Hamilton Garth

James Westerfield profile
James Westerfield

Cal Garth

Bruce Dern profile
Bruce Dern

Jack Roper

Barbara Loden profile
Barbara Loden

Betty Jackson

Frank Overton profile
Frank Overton

Walter Clark

Malcolm Atterbury profile
Malcolm Atterbury

Sy Moore

Robert Earl Jones profile
Robert Earl Jones

Sam Johnson (uncredited)

Montgomery Clift profile
Montgomery Clift

Chuck Glover

Lee Remick profile
Lee Remick

Carol Garth Baldwin

Jo Van Fleet profile
Jo Van Fleet

Ella Garth

Albert Salmi profile
Albert Salmi

Hank Bailey

Jay C. Flippen profile
Jay C. Flippen

Hamilton Garth

James Westerfield profile
James Westerfield

Cal Garth

Bruce Dern profile
Bruce Dern

Jack Roper

Barbara Loden profile
Barbara Loden

Betty Jackson

Frank Overton profile
Frank Overton

Walter Clark

Malcolm Atterbury profile
Malcolm Atterbury

Sy Moore

Robert Earl Jones profile
Robert Earl Jones

Sam Johnson (uncredited)

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Release Date

May 26, 1960

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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