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7.2/10 • 97

1960-05-261h 50m

DramaRomance

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

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.

Directors
Elia Kazan
Editors
William Reynolds

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  1. Montgomery Clift

    Montgomery Clift

    Chuck Glover

  2. Lee Remick

    Lee Remick

    Carol Garth Baldwin

  3. Jo Van Fleet

    Jo Van Fleet

    Ella Garth

  4. Albert Salmi

    Albert Salmi

    Hank Bailey

  5. Jay C. Flippen

    Jay C. Flippen

    Hamilton Garth

  6. James Westerfield

    James Westerfield

    Cal Garth

  7. Bruce Dern

    Bruce Dern

    Jack Roper

  8. Barbara Loden

    Barbara Loden

    Betty Jackson

  9. Frank Overton

    Frank Overton

    Walter Clark

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or bookriverfloodingtennesseedam1930sland disputepreserved film