When an ambitious Tennessee Valley Authority administrator travels to a small town to oversee the clearing of the valley for the construction of a new dam, meets opposition in the form of the town's stubborn matriarch, an 80-year-old who refuses to leave.
Cast: Lee Remick, Montgomery Clift
Crew: Elia Kazan (Director), Ellsworth Fredericks (Director of Photography), Kenyon Hopkins (Music Director)
Genres: Drama
Release Dates: 01 May 1960 (United States)
Did you know? At the time of the film, Clift was an alcoholic. Kazan extracted a promise from him that he would not drink during the shoot. Read More
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as Carol Garth Baldwin
as Chuck Glover
as Hank Bailey
as Betty Jackson
as Walter Clark
as Cal Garth
as Hamilton Garth
as Ella Garth
as Sy Moore
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo, Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Filming Locations:
Goofs:
Errors in Geography
When they fly over Fontana Dam, the next scene of a dam from a much higher elevation shows a curved dam, which is clearly not Fontana Dam
Factual Mistake
At the beginning of the film Chuck comes to town on a Greyhound bus. The buses is a late 40's early 50's model bus were much larger then the buses used in 1934.
Miscellaneous
The 1935 song "My Lucky Star" is heard on the radio in scene taking place in 1933
When they fly over Fontana Dam, the next scene of a dam from a much higher elevation shows a curved dam, which is clearly not Fontana Dam
Factual Mistake
At the beginning of the film Chuck comes to town on a Greyhound bus. The buses is a late 40's early 50's model bus were much larger then the buses used in 1934.
Miscellaneous
The 1935 song "My Lucky Star" is heard on the radio in scene taking place in 1933
Trivia:
Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones, had an uncredited role in this movie
While she was filming "Wild River" Lee Remick's husband was severely hurt in an auto accident, and she left the location shoot immediately.
At the time of the film, Clift was an alcoholic. Kazan extracted a promise from him that he would not drink during the shoot.
While she was filming "Wild River" Lee Remick's husband was severely hurt in an auto accident, and she left the location shoot immediately.
At the time of the film, Clift was an alcoholic. Kazan extracted a promise from him that he would not drink during the shoot.
