Wild River
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1960-05-26
Runtime: 110 mins
Director: Elia Kazan
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: Wild River
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
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