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Wild River
“The Wild Language... The Wild Hungers... The Wild Furies!”
7.2 / 10• 1960• 1h 50m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Montgomery Clift
Chuck Glover
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elia Kazan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Wild River is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
