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.
Stars: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi, Jay C. Flippen, James Westerfield
Crew: Elia Kazan (Director), Paul Osborn (Screenplay), William Bradford Huie (Novel), Borden Deal (Novel), Elia Kazan (Producer), Kenyon Hopkins (Music)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Runtime: 110 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 26, 1960
IMDb: 3.771