Wild River (1960)

Wild River (1960)

The Wild Language... The Wild Hungers... The Wild Furies! 1960-05-26 United States of America 110 Min. PG-13
7.31 87 votes

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.

Cast

Montgomery Clift is Chuck Glover
Chuck Glover
Lee Remick is Carol Garth Baldwin
Carol Garth Baldwin
Jo Van Fleet is Ella Garth
Ella Garth
Albert Salmi is Hank Bailey
Hank Bailey
Jay C. Flippen is Hamilton Garth
Hamilton Garth
Bruce Dern is Jack Roper
Jack Roper
Barbara Loden is Betty Jackson
Betty Jackson
Frank Overton is Walter Clark
Walter Clark
Robert Earl Jones is Sam Johnson (uncredited)
Sam Johnson (uncredited)