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Wild River

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Moving Depression-era drama starring Montgomery Clift and Lee Remick.

An official for the Tennessee Valley Authority tries to convince an elderly woman to sell her home so a dam can be built in the area. But the project runs into problems when the old lady refuses to leave and the locals turn against the official.

Review page 46.
(1960, PG)

Contributors

Director:
Elia Kazan
Chuck Glover:
Montgomery Clift
Carol Baldwin:
Lee Remick
Ella Garth:
Jo van Fleet
FJ Bailey:
Albert Salmi
Hamilton Garth:
Jay C. Flippen
Cal Garth:
James Westerfield
Joe John Garth:
Big Jeff Bess
Ben:
Robert Earl Jones
Walter Clark:
Frank Overton
Betty Jackson:
Barbara Loden
Sy Moore:
Malcolm Atterbury
Jack Roper:
Bruce Dern
Source: Radio Times

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