Wild River (1960)
The Wild Language... The Wild Hungers... The Wild Furies!
1960 · 1h 50m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Paul Osborn, William Bradford Huie, Borden Deal
Music by: Kenyon Hopkins
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Editor: William Reynolds
Rated 7.3/10 by 103 viewers
Cast
Montgomery Clift as Chuck GloverLee Remick as Carol Garth BaldwinJo Van Fleet as Ella GarthAlbert Salmi as Hank BaileyJay C. Flippen as Hamilton GarthJames Westerfield as Cal GarthBruce Dern as Jack RoperBarbara Loden as Betty JacksonFrank Overton as Walter ClarkMalcolm Atterbury as Sy MooreRobert Earl Jones as Sam Johnson (uncredited)More like this
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