It marked the film debut of actor Bruce Dern and was added to the National Film Registry in 2002 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Themes and Reception
The depiction of the TVA's controversial employment of African-American laborers in the 1930s South.
The film is set in the 1930s and follows Chuck Glover (Montgomery Clift), an administrator for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). He is tasked with convincing a stubborn 80-year-old matriarch, Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet), to leave her family island before it is flooded by a new dam. During the process, he falls in love with her widowed granddaughter, Carol (Lee Remick). Key Production Facts Elia Kazan. Starring: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, and Jo Van Fleet.
The screenplay by Paul Osborn was based on two novels: Mud on the Stars (William Bradford Huie) and Dunbar's Cove (Borden Deal).
is the Italian title for the 1960 American drama film Wild River , directed by Elia Kazan .
Noted for its location filming in the Tennessee Valley and its use of the CinemaScope format.
The film explores complex social and political conflicts, including: