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Wild River

Wild River (1960)

Drama, Romantic, Historical | United States

Director: Elia Kazan

BBC2 | Monday, 22 December 2008 | 01:00

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Monday, 22 December 2008 01:00

Tuesday, 25 March 2008 11:30

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Rating: 7.6/10

SYNOPSIS

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.

Actors

Writer: Paul Osborn, William Bradford Huie

Producer: Elia Kazan

Narrator: Pat Hingle

RUNTIME: 110 min

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