Wild River
1960 · directed by Elia Kazan
- Rating
- 81/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Wild River (1960), directed by Elia Kazan, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Montgomery Clift
- Lee Remick
- Jo Van Fleet
- Albert Salmi
- Jay C. Flippen
- James Westerfield
- Bruce Dern
- Barbara Loden
- Frank Overton
- Malcolm Atterbury
Crew
- Ellsworth Fredericks — Director of Photography
- William Reynolds — Editor
- Paul Osborn — Screenplay
More from Elia Kazan
- On the Waterfront (1954) — 98/100 · hit
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — 97/100 · hit
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) — 84/100 · hit
- Panic in the Streets (1950) — 81/100 · hit
- A Face in the Crowd (1957) — 80/100 · hit
- Gentleman's Agreement (1947) — 80/100 · hit
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