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Wild River( 1960)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Montgomery Clift

      Chuck Glover

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      Lee Remick

      Carol Garth Baldwin

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      Jo Van Fleet

      Ella Garth

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      Albert Salmi

      Hank Bailey

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      Jay C. Flippen

      Hamilton Garth

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      James Westerfield

      Cal Garth

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      Bruce Dern

      Jack Roper

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      Barbara Loden

      Betty Jackson

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      Frank Overton

      Walter Clark

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      Malcolm Atterbury

      Sy Moore

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      Robert Earl Jones

      Sam Johnson (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • river
    • flooding
    • tennessee
    • dam
    • 1930s
    • land dispute