Synopsis & Context
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.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Wild River
- Release
- May 26, 1960
- Screen Time
- 1h 50min
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Elia Kazan
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Released
Personas & Cast
Montgomery Clift
Chuck Glover
Lee Remick
Carol Garth Baldwin
Jo Van Fleet
Ella Garth
Albert Salmi
Hank Bailey
Jay C. Flippen
Hamilton Garth
James Westerfield
Cal Garth
Bruce Dern
Jack Roper
Barbara Loden
Betty Jackson
Frank Overton
Walter Clark
Malcolm Atterbury
Sy Moore
Robert Earl Jones
Sam Johnson (uncredited)
Jim Steakley
Mayor Tom Maynard
