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
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Released on: 1988-02-05
Drama, Romance
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, an...
Deliverance
Released on: 1972-08-18
Drama, Adventure, Thriller
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis...
Airport
Released on: 1970-03-25
Action, Drama, Thriller
An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots...
Faust
Released on: 1926-10-13
Fantasy, Drama, Horror
God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war ov...
Escape from Alcatraz
Released on: 1979-06-22
Drama, Thriller
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security...
Vieras mies tuli taloon
Released on: 1938-11-27
Drama
Astrid, the mistress of Metsäkulma, hires a job seeker named Aaltonen as a farm manager when her men...
The Bad Poet
Released on: 2021-05-20
History, Drama
1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mis...
The Family Rico
Released on: 1972-09-12
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the ...
Carrie
Released on: 2002-11-04
Horror, Drama, TV Movie
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and...
There Will Be Blood
Released on: 2007-12-26
Drama
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using ...
Sahara
Released on: 2005-04-06
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African dese...
Shooter
Released on: 2007-03-22
Drama, Action, Thriller
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and dis...
Earth
Released on: 1998-09-16
Drama, Romance, History
It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witness...
Running with Scissors
Released on: 2006-10-27
Drama, Comedy
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an al...
Youth Without Youth
Released on: 2007-10-26
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 7...
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...
Black Snake Moan
Released on: 2006-12-31
Drama
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is lo...
The Lovely Bones
Released on: 2009-12-26
Fantasy, Drama
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken ...
Victor/Victoria
Released on: 1982-04-25
Music, Comedy, Romance
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her pe...
Sabotage
Released on: 1937-01-08
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly...