The first in a season featuring the popular Hollywood star, also starring Jon Voight Ned Beatty Ronny Cox
Hearing that a dam project is threatening an unspoilt valley, four city men decide to pit their nerve and muscle against the wild waters of a Georgia river in a weekend canoe trip. But their holiday turns into a nightmare when they encounter a sadistic pair of mountain men and the brute force of the river itself. John Boorman 's acclaimed film achieves great heights of dramatic tension and gave Burt Reynolds his first serious role as a man bent on survival against all odds.
Screenplay by JAMES DICKEY , based on his own novel
Produced and directed by JOHN BOORMAN
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