Wild River (1960)
• May 26th, 1960 • 1h 50min
Drama, Romance
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Defendant
Released on: 1964-02-25
Drama
Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.
The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver
Released on: 2002-09-01
Drama, Documentary
A Czech director wrestles with problems personal and political during the Prague spring of 1968.
Burning Rainbow Farm
Released on:
Thriller, Drama
Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a couple in rural Michigan, build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia call...
Amarcord
Released on: 1973-12-18
Comedy, Drama
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local...
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Released on: 2003-11-14
Adventure, Drama, War
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a ...
Bringing Out the Dead
Released on: 1999-10-22
Drama
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he...
The Shell Seekers
Released on: 2007-10-18
Drama, Romance
Penelope Keeling, a sixty-four-year-old daughter of a famous artist, reflects on her life, and the f...
The Thin Red Line
Released on: 1998-12-23
Drama, History, War
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ult...
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Released on: 2023-11-10
Drama, History
Ariadna discovers that her grandfather has been searching for the remains of his father, who disappe...
Eaten Out of House and Home
Released on: 1933-11-01
Drama
The gullible buyer Žemla Martin (Francis Smolik) finally opened his dream shop. After a while, you g...
Tiny Times 3
Released on: 2014-07-17
Romance, Drama
Lin Xiao, Gu Li, Nan Xiang, Tang Wanru - these four best friends, after waving goodbye to their scho...
Tricycle
Released on: 1962-01-02
Drama
Üç tekerlekli bisiklet (Tricycle aka The Three-Wheeled Bicycle, I962) is a love story about a lonely...
My Life as a Dog
Released on: 1985-12-12
Drama, Comedy
A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at th...
99 Francs
Released on: 2007-09-26
Drama, Comedy
Paris, France, 2001. Octave Parango, a young advertiser working at the Ross & Witchcraft advertising...
Amelia
Released on: 2009-10-22
Adventure, Drama, History
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the...
Miriam
Released on: 1957-10-18
Drama
After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. M...
Tenung
Released on: 2025-06-05
Horror, Drama
Ira lives with her mother, Linda. One day, without any rational explanation, a mystical incident cau...
Tom Jones
Released on: 1963-08-24
Comedy, Adventure, History, Romance
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find ...
Pather Panchali
Released on: 1955-08-26
Drama, History
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarboja...
In the Realm of the Senses
Released on: 1976-09-15
Drama, Romance
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsess...