Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet

A young field administrator (Montgomery Clift) for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particul...( read more  read more... )ar a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of an elderly woman from her home on an island in the River, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Elia Kazan

Release Date: March 26, 1960

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  • October 30, 2009
    This film is kind of all over the place and with Monty and Kazan at the helm it's a big disappointment. I like the idea of the story and it had some potential, but they had to ruin it by adding a love story and civil rights story. Monty works for the government in the 30's and th...( read more)eir about to build a dam and flood the Tennessee Valley. This is for the sake of progress and everyone has agreed to move except for stubborn Jo Van Fleet and it's Monty's job to get her out. That would be a fine story,but throw in a strange love story with the beautiful Lee Remick and town folk upset because blacks and whites are getting the same pay is too much for one movie. At times this film shines,but goes off subject too many times. It looks great, good acting, and has one of the strangest fight scenes I have ever seen.
  • March 30, 2009
    kevin bacon it's the best
  • July 24, 2008
    nominated for best picture by NBR

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