Wild River (1960)
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.
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Montgomery Clift
as Chuck Glover
as Chuck Glover
Lee Remick
as Carol Garth Baldwin
as Carol Garth Baldwin
Jo Van Fleet
as Ella Garth
as Ella Garth
Albert Salmi
as Hank Bailey
as Hank Bailey
Jay C. Flippen
as Hamilton Garth
as Hamilton Garth
James Westerfield
as Cal Garth
as Cal Garth
Bruce Dern
as Jack Roper
as Jack Roper
Barbara Loden
as Betty Jackson
as Betty Jackson
Frank Overton
as Walter Clark
as Walter Clark
Malcolm Atterbury
as Sy Moore
as Sy Moore
Robert Earl Jones
as Sam Johnson (uncredited)
as Sam Johnson (uncredited)
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Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Don B. Greenwood
Property Master
Property Master
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Eugene Grossman
Sound
Sound
Clyde Taylor
Gaffer
Gaffer
Leonard Doss
Colorist
Colorist
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Dick Vorisek
Sound
Sound
Haskell Wexler
Additional Photography
Additional Photography
Charles H. Maguire
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Art Direction
Herman A. Blumenthal
Art Direction
Art Direction
Elia Kazan
Director
Director
Paul Osborn
Screenplay
Screenplay
Borden Deal
Novel
Novel
William Reynolds
Editor
Editor
Kenyon Hopkins
Music
Music
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Elia Kazan
Producer
Producer
William Bradford Huie
Novel
Novel
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