Wild River

Wild River is a 1960 film which tells the story of a young Tennessee Valley Authority administrator who comes to a small town in Alabama to build a dam, despite oposition from the locals. It stars Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi and Jay C. Flippen.

The movie was adapted by Paul Osborn from two novels -- Borden Deal's Dunbar's Cove and William Bradford Huie's Mud on the Stars. It was directed by Elia Kazan.