When an ambitious Tennessee Valley Authority administrator travels to a small town to oversee the clearing of the valley for the construction of a new dam, meets opposition in the form of the town's stubborn matriarch, an 80-year-old who refuses to leave.
Errors in Geography When they fly over Fontana Dam, the next scene of a dam from a much higher elevation shows a curved dam, which is clearly not Fontana Dam
Factual Mistake At the beginning of the film Chuck comes to town on a Greyhound bus. The buses is a late 40's early 50's model bus were much larger then the buses used in 1934.
Miscellaneous The 1935 song "My Lucky Star" is heard on the radio in scene taking place in 1933
Trivia:
Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones, had an uncredited role in this movie
While she was filming "Wild River" Lee Remick's husband was severely hurt in an auto accident, and she left the location shoot immediately.
At the time of the film, Clift was an alcoholic. Kazan extracted a promise from him that he would not drink during the shoot.
Sign up and get access to some cool features. Create watchlists, check in at movies, rate them or even write whole reviews! You can also share literally everything on Moviebuff with your friends, enemies, frenemies, family, babysitter or pets. Is that enough incentive for you?