Wild River

Wild River

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (2871 Reviews)

Director:

Elia Kazan

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Osborn (screenplay)

William Bradford Huie (based on novels by)

Borden Deal (based on novels by)

Fullplot:

A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. 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 an elderly woman from her home on an island in the River, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.

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