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Wild River
Wild River

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Wild River

NR·1960·110m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Elia Kazan

Novel

William Bradford Huie

Novel

Borden Deal

Screenplay

Paul Osborn

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

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